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Picturesque Fayette and Its People 



A Review of 



Fayette, Howard County, Missouri 

Giving Something of the 

History and Progress, Present Advantages, Business Interests, 

Churches, Colleges, Schools, Residences, Near-by Country 
Homes and Country Life 

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WVJV'VE is a town of historic interest and of pic- 
turesque beauty. The life of the town is niany- 
sidecl. To the citizens of the State it is known as 
a College town ; to the Church it stands as the 
center of Missouri Methodism ; to the people of 
Howard county it is the seat of justice ; to the 
iarniers of the surrounding country it is a market 
tor [)rohtable exchange ; and to us it is all of this 
and much more, ffjr to us Fayette is home I In- 
varied life and acti\'ity of the town make jjossible a \oluuie of this kind. 
We have found much to relate and many things to picture. In our little 
city tliere is combined, in the most pleasing manner, I he quaintness of an 
oltl College town and the progressixe thrift of a modern busin<-ss center. 



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''It i>i doiihlfiil irheflwr niii/ Missouri coinifi/ Inis produced so imini/ 
men of siifli (ibilifji and jiroiiiliieni-e as lias Iloirurd coautif.' 

— Walter W'il/laiiis. 



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I III'] FltlONCH I'xploi-ed pDi-lioiis of Howard foiiiity cDnii^uous to the Missouri river and 
estaldistit'd trading posts a few years i)rior to IStHi. Such names as Bonne Kemnie and 
Moniteau attest the fact that these streams were first seen and named by French exi>lorers. 
Joseph Marie, a Frenchman, was the first settler. He made his home at "Kajile's Nest" 
in Franl<lin township. In the year 1800 he deeded a tract of liuul to Asa Morgan : tills is 
the first authentic record of settlement. The first Americans to set foot within the iircsciit 
limits of the county were Ira P. Nash and his comjiany of men, who came in IWU. I'arl of 
the land which they surveyed near Old Franklin was afterwards occupied by the celebrated 
■■Hardeman's (Jarden.'' Lewis and Clark, on their famous expedition, arrived at the 
mouth of the Bonne Femme in Howard county on the seventh day of .Tune. 1S04, and 
camped for the night. Nathan and Daniel .M. Boone, sons of the noted hunter, came to 
Phoii, i,<i Giiqshij the county, in 1S07, with their kettles and manufactured sail at the jilace now known 

lliroughout the State as •■Boone's Lick." They shipped salt down the river In canoes mad<' of hollow sycaniiprc 
log,.. In isos ( oloiiel Benjamin Cooper, with his wife and five sturdy sons, settled two nilh's from Koone's Lick. Isll 
( 'ai-son was a babe, one year old, when his fatlier came to the county in islo. Carson went West In lN2(i, wliere he made 
his i-epiitalion as a scout. About 1812 trouble with the Indians began and the settlers were compelled to erect forts. In 
which they lived for several years. The county was organized in ISKi and was the ninth in what was then the territory 
of Missouri. At this time Howard county was almost an empire in extent, embracing 22.000 square miles, almost one- 
llilrd the present area of the state. Thr ■■.Missouri Intelligencer" was the name of the first county newspaper, it 
appeared in Old Franklin in April, 181!). In this same year the fir.st steamboat arrived at Old Franklin from St. Loui^-. 
The act which org:anized the county, in ISlti, located the seat. of justice at Cole's Fort. One year later the county seal 
"as removed to Old Franklin where it remained until 1823, when it was transferred to Fayette, In 182.5 the legislatiu^e 
reduced Howard county to its present limits. Thus, the area was changed from 22,000 to 4(i:! square miles. The county 
has been divided into the following eight townshijis: Boone's Lick, Richmond. Chariton, Prairie, Franklin, Burton, 
Moniteau, and Bonne Fennne. Bichmond townshl]i. in which Fayette is located, remains, with slight alterations, as 
It was lirst fornunl in 1S2I. The townshlj) took its name from the town of Bichmond. an old trading point, located a feu 
miles south of the jjresent site of Fayette. It now lives only in the memory of the old settler. 




A HOME OF THE EARLY DAYS 









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S'l't iR^' III I he 'jiPdil uiii-ks :Liid ;n'liU'\'enU'iLW cil ihr eiirly iiiiiiiccr set t Icrs of Ka\ f Ite and 
\iriiiil.\ is:il".i\> full (if iiiteivst ami iiccii|iie^ no iii]iiii|ioi-|.aiil i)a>>'e in the history of the 
.Middle Wcsi. Till' liisioriaii linds the touii i-icli ill nialt-i-ial which would make a well- 
Ill led volume. W'ii h tills iiliiuidaiH-e at hand and the limited space allotted, the writer is 
al a loss what to leave iiu>aid. We are proud of the history of the town liul with all 
her past Fayette has never Unouii a time like the present, lieckonint;' with the past and 
the present it is not stranye tliat we should he liopeful for the future. In the jirepara- 
lion of this volume we have discovered many iiitei'estiuy facts and unearthed many half- 
foi-fiotteii stories. In these we have been dealiiifi' with by-yone years but may the book 
not be taken entirely as a souvenir of the past. We love yesterday for its memories but 
we have not foryotteu tomorrow, because of its opjiortunities. 

Fayette was founded in 1823. lu that year the i>lad news was received that 
Ceiieral Lafayette would visit the United States. In naiiiinji' the town after this hero 
the pioneers revealed the patriotism which they brouuht with them into this wild and unsettled country. After the land 
had been donated it was surveyed by .\lfred W. .Morrison who later became sheriff, and jiresidiny judge of the county. 

The first house in Payette was erected by Elisha Witt. It stood on a lot which is tiow included in the camp- 
us of Howard-I'ayne Colleye. The second loy house was built by General Ijrnatius P. Owen. Both of these houses 
were intended for hotels and were conducted as such for many years. The first store was opened l>y .John Nanson. an 
K lylishiuan. His clerk was Isaac Pearson. Sr.. who afterwards became one of the leadin;? merchants. The store stood 
wliere the pustottice is now located. .Mr. Pearson helped >frub the stumps out of the street in front of the store. The 
earliest jihysician was Dr. William T. McClain. The original village blacksmith was Matthew Simonds. The first 
school was tatiyht by Lawi-ence .1. Duly, in a log cabin of rudest structure. Mr. Oscar White, now well-known in Fay- 
ette, was one of Lawrence Daly's pupils. Between the years 182.") and 18)54 several .schools were taught in Fayette by 
ditTerent individuals. .At the latter date an educational institution was established by one. Archibald Patterson, of Ohio. 
He was a man possessed of classical learning and natural ability (or teaching. His school continued until 1S42. when 
William McNair was made ]irinci]ial. In 1S44 William '1'. Lucky o|)ened the school with seven iiujiils enrolled. The 
ue.xl year the institution wasejveii the name of the "Howard High School." At this time .Mr. Lucky taught the girlsand 



Jiev. Nathan Scaiitt, Uif bovs. I'lof. (.air \V. I'lilchell l)eH:au leat-liiuy in the st-hool iu \x')\. 'J'hr >c1hmiI liuililiiii; »a^ 
deslroyed by fire in 185+. After the fife new huildinfrs were erected and the school was divided into male and feiiutli- 
depart nients. which finally became known. res])ectively. as Central and Howard-Payne Collefres. 

The Itev. Augustus Homeroy was the first resident minister. He belon>red to the Old .Si-hm)! t'lesliyterians. 
The reli}>ious services were conducted in Archibald Patterson's two-room brick school house. About this same lime 
services were occasionally held by Itev. Kbenezer Kojrers, a missionary Baptist The first Meih<Klist circuit rider was 
Itev. William Redmond, who became presidintr elder in ls2(i. 

At the outbieak of the Civil War the population of Fayette was alxiui one thousanil. The town experienced 
the usual excitement of those troublous days but was not harassed to any jrreat e-xtent. .Much excitement ])revailed dur- 
ing the battles at Boonville, Centralia, (.jiasufow and other neighborin<r points. The most startlin-^ events in Fayette 
occurred toward the close of the war at the time of the Anderson and Price raids, which occurred in the fall of 'M, about 
a month apart. At the time of the Anderson raid three hundred Union soldiers were being: quartered in the town. 
They had heard of the enemy's approach and were scouring the country when .\nderson and his men suddenly swejit 
into town. At the time of the attack the town was garrisoned with only fifty soldiers but these were strongly foi-titied in 
the court house and in the college building and the guerillas were repulsed with considerable loss. There was no blood- 
shed at the time of the Price raid and the chief feature of interest was the l)ank robbei-y. in which the county lost 
$2H,()0(). The bank stood on the gi-ound now occupied by .\Ir. Victor Grigsby's photograph gallery. At the time of the 
robbery the family of Mr. John E. Ewing lived in the residence portion of the building. On the day of the robbery Mr. 
Kwing was away with the soldiers and Mis. Kwing, together with her mother-in law and Mrs. C'arr W. Pritchett, was 
in the building when the soldiers appeared. When the men were told that the doors leading to the vault were open they 
pi-ocured crowbars and worked from eight o'clock in the evening until midnight, opening the safe. The booty consisted 
of $28,000 belonging to the county, some silverware owned by .\lr. .Tames It. Kstill, and a gold goblet, the i)roperty of 
.Major M. .Tohnson. After the robbery the soldiers went to Roanoke where they gambled away much of the money. 

Pile choleia appeared in Fayette in a very virulent form in 18";{. brought to town by a Swede who was 
working on the excavations for the roadbed of the ".M.. K. \- T." railroad. The Swede, with <ither workmen, was lodgin>; 
at a teiuporary boarding house when taken sick. It was only a few days until other laborers took sick in like manner and 
died. In all there were tifty-three deaths out of fifty-six cases. These deaths immediately caused a panic among the 
citizens and about three-fourths of the population Hed from town and remained away until the plague abated. The ex- 
act cause of the epidemic has never been known. However, many jwols of stagnant water were standing along the 
railroad where excavations had been made and a large numlter of woi-kmeii. both white and black, were gatliei td in eaiiij)s 
and boarding shanties in the vicinity. These conditions, no doubt, were favorable to the disease. 

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'I'liH prpsc'iil i-(nntliini>c i> the tumtli liiiilt in Kayelte. The lii'sl \v:is a luy lioiise constructed in 1^2:'.. at ihi: 
lime the cdiintv seat was moved fi-(im Old Franklin. Two .years latei- the loy stfuctufe was replaced with one of hi-ick. 
This hiiildinjj- was found to be inadequate and was torn down in ISyil and a larger brick building erected. This edifice 
was destroyed by (ire in ISSH and the courthouse, as it stands today, was built in 1SS7. 

Fayette, at present, is ;• prosperous and enterprising town. During the last few years there lias been a very 
favorable increase along all lines o,' business activity. We have a modern electric light ])lant in full operation. The 
telephone system is efficient and highly satisfactory in its service, having long distance connections with all parts of the 
state. Within late years the public improvements have been extensive. Granitoid sidewalks are rapidly taking the 
place of l)rick and board walks, both in the business and in the residence portions of town. Several handsome new 
homes have lately been completed: also two important business blocks— the Opera House block and the New Century 
luulding. The store rooms and ottices in these buildings are city-like in the conveniences which they ofTer. The supply 
of cottages and larger dwellings is constantly insufficient to supply the demand. At this date the spring building has 
;ilready begun. In the summer there is a great deniand for rented houses by families desiring the school advantages. 

There are many conditions which combine to make Fayette a desirable place for a home. An abundance of 
coal is mined within easy hauling distance of the town. The wood supply in the vicinity is far from being e.xhausted. 
The long-needed water i)lant is at last assured. Wells have been sunk within the corporation and an abundance of 
water found. Since this, the greatest problem, has been solved there now remains only the actual construction of the 
plant and this is soon to be accomplished. At the present time the city council is composed of aggressive young business 
men who will encourage public im])rovements. With the abundance of coal and water at hand, light manufacturing could 
very easily be carried on. Our own Hour mill not only supplies the town but also does an extensive shipping business, 
in summer the town is adequately supplied with the purest lake ice. Since Fayette is located in the center of the 
county and is easily accessible it is the natural distributing center for the produce of a rich and extensive agricultural 
district. Fruit and vegetables are grown in abundance in the surrounding country. As a i-esult of these conditions the 
citizens of the town have a splendid market in which to buy and living is. consequently, cheap. During the last year 
there has betn mutdi said and written concerning the proposed electric road which is to pass through Fayette. At this 
lime tlie most conservative are forced to admit that the prospects are encouraging. Charters for two bridges across 
the .Missouri River, one at St. Charles and one at Glasgow, have already been granted to the new company and. from 
what we can learn, the work is progressing. In dealing with the business and economic conditions of the town I have 
not dwelt upon the excellent public school system, the two colleges of established reputation, and the inMuential 
churches. These are treated in separate departments. 

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FAVHTTE'S MAYOR — R. L. CREWS 



M.\^■(ll; I I;K\VS wa^ iMnnon -A I'aiii] ill .l(iliii-.c)ii (•(Miii- 
l\. Missouri.. .hil\ :i4. ISliT. Ih- in-i-ivrj liis hiIui-h- 
liiiii ill llu' couiili-y schools of Ills imlivr c-oiiiily. At Ihc n'^r 
of twenty-one he whs mafried to Miss Anna Jaivis hikI eiiiiir 
to Howiird c-oiinty iuul loi-aled on a farm near KayiUi-. lie 
left the farm in l.'^OO and moved l,o town. In IMtH Mr fnws 
went inlothe irrocery business with his bi-otlier, .1. (i. Crews, 
and established a lirm known as "J. li. trews and Brother 
(iroeery Co.'" .Soon after loealiny in Kayelle .Mi-. Ci-ews in- 
teiested liliiiself in the |)iiblie affairs of the eily an<l l)eeanie 
a leading eitizen. He was a member of the si-liool board fur 
six years. In liKlli lie waselecled Mayor-of Fayette, llisad- 
injnistration was hijjhly snceessfnl and he was re-elected in 
I'.HU and continues in ottii-e at the presenl time. From the 
lirst. .Mayor Crews has encourayed ]inblic iinproveminl and 
yiven his aid to all yood works. In addition to llie Mii>or- 
shiji .Mr. Crews holds an ottice in which his honor is shared 
with the citizens of his town. .\t a ineetiny iif the Mayors 
of the fourth class cities of Missouri, held in Sedalia in July. 
1'.MI4. lie was elected president of the .Association, much lo 
the pleasure of his constituency in Fayette. Theii- ai c two 
hundred and five fourth class towns in .Missouri with an ay- 
yreyate population of four hundred and fifty thi'usand. The 
Association lias recommended that all of Ihese towns adopt 
uniforiH systems of jrovenimenl. .Mayor Crews \- at I In- head 
o( this nu)vement. 



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ALNLIT LOGS SHIPPED FROM FAYETTE 



Mil l!i;<)\VX. the A im^rii-an i-c|H'csfnt;il ivc of 
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III' lu'-l >h;ii- in HdHiird i-(>iiiit,\ liuyiui;- Wiilniit 
■. wliicli !■> 1i:iu1p(1 to Ku.velti' wlieiv it is yi-ailHil 
■ipccli^d iiriil then shipped to Hiiiiil>iii-t;-, (;ei-niiiii.\ . 
t is iiianufaftui-ed into liiyli yi-ad(> funiiliire ami 
)l>c(l l<) Aitiei-ii-a. .Mf. l{i-o\\ii lias lioiii^ht a niim- 

fiile walnut ui'ovt-s which haw for veafs t)Heii 
ed as landmarks and ainiosi a distini'l Howard 

feature'. Mi-. Brown has paid liiyli ]iricfs foi- 
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Tplll''. I'AS'I" winter has lieen reiinirkable for its fi-eqiient and heavv 
^ncius. A^ a result, theyouny people of Favptte enjoved an nnusually 
lony and deliyhlful season of sli'iyhiny. '■Toboyyan" eaps l)ecanie the 
fashion and never did sleiyli hells riny more merrily. The sleiyhiny was 
eon lined most ly lo town on aeeouni of t he deep dri II s in I lie eonnt r\ lanes. 



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THE SITE OF STAPLETON'S OLD MILL 

A HIcturesque Spot Near Fayette 



rAPr.KTONS MILL" was built in lx:i"> In (icoryc W. Staplpton 
uiiixlieii ill Is:'.:',. From tills time iiiilil l.'<55 it was nianayei hv 
The mill was liiiallv ahaiuloiipil alioiil the liii.e 
of the war. The stones whii-h form the base of the iron fence aromia the 
court liouse were taken lr..in the leiltre of rock shown in the riylil of the 
|ii<-tiiri'. This has been a fasorite picnic -ifoiinds foi- many ^fenerations. 



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THE WILDVNOOD 

SI I'.N !■'. in Ihe liell noilh of ( 'i-nlral 
Colleye. For half a cenliir.v 
tliis haslieen the favorite rendezvous 
of colleire students. Here thev liave 
found rest from liooks and a blessed 
com]>anionshi|) with the naliire of 
Wordsworlli. .Mony this stream 
they "■alhered the tirsi violets of 
spi-iiiy and ill these woods they s;ud 
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HOME OF W/LLET HOWARD-BUILT IN 1823 



/^N v. I IV the (lid lanclni:ii-ks(if K;ncttc « liicli 
^^ will f\i'r Im^ ivnipinheivd Ity the pf^opli' 
is llir liiiusr iiiiw iiccii|iip(l l>.\ Ml'. \,'illi't 
ll(iw;ir(l. soii-in-liiw of t he Jiiti' S. .1. I'festdti, 
a lift'-loni; I'l'sideiit of Favi^tte, who field ottii'e 
fill- almost half a feiiturv witli much eredil lo 
himself and salisfaclioii Ki his fonsiitueiic\ . 
This house was. for uuinv vears, I he home of 
I he shei'itTs of Howard county. It now stands 
out in bold relief, an interesting nionmnent 
to the i)asser-by. by reason of its intimate 
I'onnection witli so iiumy of the civil proceed- 
ings of our country and owini;- t,o the fact tliat 
ii was tlie iioine of so many yrand old cili/ens. 
loiif^- passed away liul not forjfotteii. This 
-.lylc' of arcbileclnre is typical of tlic early 
days of Kayeit"'; only a. few examples are now 

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Mr. W'illel Howard, the present owner, 
is one of the most successful liee raisei-s 
ill thi^ part of llie country. Tie has made a 

thcirnU'jll study of liee culture ,-ind is well 
known for his knowlediie and skill in haudliny" l'i~'<i< hij Ciiiithij 

b M-^. lb -.uppHesa larye trade with honey and ii.is many regular customers wlio have been biiyiui; from him con- 
liuuipiisly for years. We rrccmimend Mr. Howard lo anyone who wislies to buy yiiod lioney or who desires scientilic 
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Till". briiiK'h yiini of the vvpll-kmnvn Lu Criis-ic Luinhcr C'lJiniianv. Idrateii in Fayette, has built up a hii-yc Idisiiiess 
uikI yivcn siitisfactioii to its patrons. The tii-in carries a full liiieof lurulKM-. buiklinyr material, builders' su|p|ilies. 
hurdwiire. and i)aints. It has always been the aim of the company to keep on hand a stock which is complete in 
eveiy branch. It is estimated that the La Crosse Company has furnished as much as eighty pel- cent of I he lumber 
and buildinjT matei-ials foi' the contracting done in Fayette the hist few years. The yards are located two blocks siiuih 
of the square. Mr. W. 1'. Oavis, the |)i-esent manager, has lieen with the I^a Crosse people several vi-ars. 

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FAYETTE MACHINE WORKS AND FOUNDRY— J. W. FISCHER, Proprietor 



ni;. FISrniCIt esUblisliea his iiiiichiiir 
shop in 18!t5. (in a very small scale. 
At. (ii'st he (lid onlv repair work but. as 
is business yrcw be slowly and steadily in- 
•eased the ciipaeitx of bis shop until he was 
ial)led to do luanufael nrin^'. The cast iron 
siein covers wliich be inanufactures have 
tracted attention by reason of their practi- 
il convenience. Many have been sold and 
ii'V will increase in i)o))ularity as they be- 
iiiif- better known. The shop also tiii-ns out 
)al trucks and sash weights, which have 
und a ready sale. In the spring;' of l!l(l+ Mr. 
ischer built an addition to his shop and this 
>ar he has added a new yraniloid foundry 
loin. .\lr Fischer eui|iloys. al limes, as many 
; live workmen. .Ml kiiid--ot machinery ai'e 
paired in the shop uilh i'UL:ioe work as :i 
lecialty. Kuiiine supplies are bandied. The 
•companyinj;' picture shows the interior of 
e macbine room willi .Mr. l'"iscliri' on Ini- 
[lU[ and .Mr. .lolui (lum on the left. The 
V'^i' uiachinc in the foreyround i^ a drill 

;inuf:iclurfd in llie shop by Mr. Fischer for INTERIOR OF MACHINE ROOM 

> I wii u-e, 'I'uocii^i iron ci^leru c<p\eis aie shown, lyiny on the floor in the center of the room 
ic of the most promising bu^nii-ss concerns in l^'nyitie. Its yrowth has been steady and substanti 
•cater future for the business. Ii means much lo a town to have a practical uuiiuifacturiuf;' ])lant 
rns liUI iia^oliue engines aud such pr:ictical machini's as are use 1 in ordin i ry bu^i'iess. besides doiu 

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A n. HLACKWELL BLACK WELL iSt CHENOWETH ^ « chesoweth 

Clothing, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, and Shoes 

Till', Nl'.W linn of lil;ick\M-ll \ Chenoweth is successoi- to the old established liiiu of "Kreeman & Mlackwell." 
which did business in Fayette for sixteen years. Mr. Hlaekwell is a well known iji'eeder of Aberdeen-.Xntrus 
cattle. Ml". I'henoweth, the junior ijartner of the tirm. clerked for "Fi'eeman iV Blackwell'" for twelve years. 
Diirinjr that time he became thoroughly acquainted with the business and built up a larjje acquaintanceship. 
.\lr. ( henoweth is one of the city otticials, holding the office of Treasurer. Mr. Charles F.ubank, .Tr.. the head salesman 
in this establishment is well known amony the young people of the town as well as to all parts of the county. He is now 
serving his second term as jjresident of the "Paladin Club." .Mr. William Lockridge is a ])opiilar young clerk in the 
store. He attended Central College for several years and has many friends among the students. 

The firm handles the hand-tailored clothes made by ''Hart, .Shatl'ner & Mar.K." clothiers of national reputa- 
t ion. who turn out the most stylish and up-to-date garments in the market. The methods employed by this great company 
apiJeal to the average man who wishes to be a good dresser and at the same time avoid being called a "fop" or a "dude." 
In the stvle book issued by "Hart. ShatTner & Marx," and to be seen in every important city where well-dressed men are 
found, we read the following sane statement which is of interest to all yonn<r men: 

"Some say they don't care for style: "give me goixl, becoming clothes: nevei- mind the style.' If they \\c\f 
sincere, thev would be pathetic: they are neither. Gentlemen are never wholly inditTei-ent to style. The great majoiily 
occupv middle ground. They know that the best style is never conspicuous, and always becoming. They regard clothes 
as more than a mere covering foi- the body: and they know that a man's clothes express his taste and character." 

Bv ottering the very latest clothing at reasonable prices the tirm of Blackwell & Chenoweth has buill up a 
lar^e trade with the townspeople, the farmers, and the college students, who are always particular in thini' dress. Mr. 
Ulackwell, the senior member of the firm, is, himself, a Central College man and each year has a large acquaintanceship 
anion" the bovs. The company has been very successful in pleasing all classes. The store offers a tine line of men's 
shoes made bv the ''Hath way. .Soule & Harrington'" Manufacturing Company, of Boston. A more stylish shoe is not 
to be found in the market. Blackwell & Chenoweth's store has always been an excellent place to buy stylish hats, nobby 
shirts and the latest ties, collars and culfs. The firm also has the agency for Dorn & Cloney's Laundry, of Sedalia. 
The store is fortunate in its location. It occupies the corner, south of the courthouse, which witnesses more traffic than 
anv other one corner in town, owiii.'- to th;' fact that it is on the direct route to the depot, leading off i)f the square. 

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THE NEW CENTURY BLOCK 



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Occupants; First Floor— Postoffice: C. ('. Dimmitt Mercantile Company ; T. T. Megraw. 
Second Floor— Howard County Telephone Co.; Armstrong & Furr; R. M. Bagby, lawyer: Dr. T. M. Nicholson: Dr. Lou M. Robisou. 

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C. B. TAI.BOT Ttlcphonc .\o. 13 J. 'W- BLRCKHAeiT 

TALBOT d- BURCKHARTT 

/Proprietors of 

The City Livery, Feed, and Sa/c Staf)lc 



Till'. Li \'I';RV business ihiw cdinliK-lcil liv itif t wo yoiini; men, Messei-s. 'i'iiilxil ;iii(l l'iiivl<tKii'l I. is cue ui (lie ulilisl 
Imsiiit'ss concerns in town. 'I'lie liiisiness was est.iil)iislie(l l>y Mi-. J. U. 15rool\s at I lie close of llie Civil w:ii-. 
Ml-. Brooks is closely iUentilied wiili tlje liisloi-y of Fayette, tie was born in Boone County. Missoufi, Oclobt-r 
lil, ISIiii. At the ajre of live he was bi-ou>>ht to Howai-il county with his fathei-"s family, whei-e he was reaieii 
and I'lhicated. In IWl. al the aye of twenty-foiir. he enlisted in the ai-my and took an active |)ai-t in the wai- Toward 
the close of the sti-uj.ryle he joined the celebi-uted "Bledsoe Battei-y." with which he served until the surrender, in IMii'. 
After the close of the wai- he immediately catue to Fayette and entered upon an honorable business caieer which lasted 
IhroUfih many yeai-s. As a business man he was always succe.ssfnl iind as a citizen, always re.spected. His tii-st barn 
was located on the lot east of the county jail. In 1.H82 he moved to the corner now- occupied by the New Ceiitui-y Build- 
ing-. A few years later he was burned out, losinij all his feed, horses, and rigs. Mr. Brooks then built the barn whieli 
stands at this time. He continued the business in this location until his death. July V.i. 1!I02. At that time the busi- 
ness was i)ui-chased by K. J. Hays iV Son and successfully maiuiued until the lirst of this yeai- when it was ti-ansferred 
to the present owners, who are now- imikintj many improvements and addinjr new hoi-ses and riys. 

When Mr, Talbot and Mr. Hui-ckhartt came into possession they received, in the Irausfi-i- of stock, notbiny 
more valuable than the old established reputation which attaches t(j the business. Althepresenltime the bai-n is well- 
equipped with horses and stylish rifirs. An e.xcellent line of closed carriafjes, double and sinule i-i>rs. and saddle horses 
are at the service of the public. The barn makes a specialty of single rigs, and supplies a large patronage. A large 
number of the city drivers boai-d their horses at this barn and it is a popular place for farmers to ''put up" their teams, 
while in town. Dr. A. J. Munn. the successful veterinary, has his headquarters at this barn. Talbot \- Burckhai-tl con- 
tinue the old established bus line and transfer which have been running for years. The owners are fortunate in having 
their barn located in the business i)ortion of town, just oft' of the square and near the Howard Hotel 




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THE SHOE MA N\ ARMS TRONG & FURR 



yyii;. Kaufman is the only exdu- 

* sive shoe dealer in Fayette. He 
hiinilles a large stock of shoes in all the 
latest styles. For fair dealinf? and good 
shoes go to his store. 'Phone No. 190. 




Kaufman's shoe store is located in 
the center of one of the most important 
business blocks in town, the block south 
of the square. Mr. Kaufman's prices 
are always the very lowest ix)ssible. 



A KM.STKUNG & FLltll do a gen- 
■^■' eral i-eal estate business, handling 
both city and farm iiroperty. They 
make a specialty of furnishing abstracts 
of title on short notice. They loan 
either' home or eastern money on farm 
[jropeity at low rates. The company 
rents houses and give ]ii<iini)t and care- 
ful attention to all business interests 
placed in their hands. Their office is 
not in the courthouse but in the New- 
Century Improvement building, on the 
second floor. Mr. J. W. Armstrong is 
a deacon in the Baptist church and has 
a well-established business reputation. 
Mr. C. C. Furr is a hustling young bus- 
iness man. He is a son of Mr. A. J. 
Furr, the Collector of Howard county. 



DR. C. K. BUTTON 

MOBERLV. MISSOURI 



PJVK. KAlt. nose, and throat surgery. 
*-' Glass lilting guaranteed. Office 
opposite "Merchants' Hotel." .Moberly. 
Missouri. 




For reliable information concerning 
rented houses, city projierty or farm 
lands address, Armstrong & Furr, Fay- 
ette, Missouri. 



Office 'Phone 24ti 

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NOTAHY WOKK 



Dr. Dutton is not unknown to the 
people of Fayette as he has many pa- 
trons here. Dr. Dutton draws a large 
practice from all of Central Missouri. 
Located in a railway center, as he is, he 
is easily reached from all directions. 
His office is only a short walk from the 
depot at Moberly and when passing 
through it is very easy to arrange to 
confer with him between trains. 



DAMn .1. 


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BRIGGS iSc SMITH 




WILLARD SMITH 




Real Estate 


Abstracts 


Notary 


Work 




RE A L F.S TA TE- Will Buy or Sell for You 

ABSTRACTS-Complete, on Short Notice 
NOTARY WORK Properly Executed. 


Promptly 






The only Complete Set of Abstracts in Howard County 
A Liberal Share of Your Business it Solicited 








Respectfully 






BRIGOS & SMITH 






Fayette, Missouri 



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Dry Goods of Every Description, Clotiting, Shoes, Millinery, Carpets, Rugs, and Matting 



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FURNISHINU GOODS, HATS, AND NOTION DEPARTMENT 

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Showine Postmaster James Taylor and Assistants Miss Jessie Taylor and Miss Erma Lynch 

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HOWARD BOOK STORE— J. L. WHITESIDE. Proprietor 



Wl'. 'I'AKK pleiisuri' in informinf; the pulilic that the sUK-k ai Uowiu'ci Kook Store is newer, neatei-. cleaner and 
more u|)-t<Mlate than it has ever l)een before. Since liuviny this stock two years a-fo. we liave eitliei sold, 
yiven away or thrown away all the old time worn, lime honored relics of antiquity, and can now otier yon a 

nice, bri^rht new stock, complete in every respect. We mention some of our special lines lielow. 

BOOK.S — Besides the te.\l books for our Public Schools and Colleges we carry standard liction. history, bio;,^- 
raphy. all kinds of ufifi fxioks, Hibles, psidded iH)ems. juveniles, etc., at prices that are risrht. 

Statiomery — We have everythinjr that is latest in this line. Katon-Hurl hut's line papeteries and others of 
biy^h j;rade. •juaranleed to be correct in style, perfect in finish and of the best quality, always on hand. 

KINE ('HIN.\— In china we call your attention to quality rather than iiuanlity. If you want qiieensware or 
queensware prices, we cannot interest you. Rul if you a))preciale line china in beautiful hand-painted desi<rns. come in 
and see oiu' stock. We carry the celebrated Haviland and .Austrian brands. 

Fkenl'H .\Nl> Amekk'AX PEUKfMK.s — Kecently we hrtVe adiled a line of toilet ijoihIs which we tjuaianlee to 
be first class in every respect and in every way satisfactory. When in need of iierfumes. creams, hair vijror or restorer, 
face, nail or sachet powder or anythin-j in the toilet line, it will be to yoiu' advantajre to jrive us a call. 

CANDIE.S— "Not how much, but how jtoikI." We have no room for a jrreat quantity of cheap chalky ylucose : 
but those who want the best candy on the market t<Klay. will find it in (iunther's world famous cboc(dates and boo Ikuis. 
for which we are sole ajrents in Fayette, (iunther's is the purest, sweetest and most healthful of them all. 'I'ly it. 

Cigars and Tobacco — We keej) a first class line of ciyars and tobacco on hand at all times. I^overs of the 
weed will find the "Mercantile." "Chancellor,'" "Ajrenl." ■■H<l:>." ".Mono-rram." "(!old Coin" and a dozen other standard 
brands in our case. When you want a smoke that will frive you solid comforr. come in. 

I'lCrrriSK.s AND .Moi'l^uiN'c — Why hold on to those old fade<l pictures in out-of-date frames when we can finii- 
ish you l)eautiful lfi.\20 pictures in elegant frames for from $1 to ♦'2. Thirty or forty new jjalterns in monldiny^s just in. 

Wai..!.. 1'aper — "Here's where we shine." We are ready to show you a larjre and varied stock of wall paper 
at from three to fifty cents. Two thinsrs are necessary in successfully handlin<; wall paper. First, buy it ritrht and then 
secondly, you can sell it rij^ht. We paid hard cold cash foi- the stock and l)y doinjr so tr<'l i' at a low figure: thus we 
Iwiutrht it rijrht and now. we pledye you that it will be sold ri<rbt. ".\s f'hillip saith mito Nathaidel. •Come and s>>e.'" 

And now we wish to thank our friends for their hearty supjuirl and liberal pal i-ouairi-. The faci thai oi r 
business has increased about thirty per cent over that of last year, is an undispiitable evi l.-nc • t ill the piibli,- appreciale 
yiHid uoods. coiirleous treatment and a s(|uare ileal everytiine. 




SECTION OH INTbkiOR OK HOWAKD BOOK STORE- J. L. WHITE' IDE. Proprietor 



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rHH.MIUSTKli'S l)iiki-i-v is the best place in town to J|/ll'- HKl.ST. pruprietoiuf the iiupular restauiutU and cdd- 
•jel fi-esh bread. He makes all of his own bread, with *"* fectiooery. has for several years been an intluential 
which he supplies a lar<.'e trade. Excellent cakes and candy , hidye iiian. He is connected with nearly all of the important 
are made in the shop and can always be bouj.'ht fresh. The I lodjres in Fayette and has held responsible offices in most of 
home-made peanut candy, foi' sale here, is ver\ popular with 
the school children and the collefre students. Oysters, ice 
cream and soda are served in season. He does a jfenei-al con- 
fectionery business, handlinjj all kinds of fruits, candies and 
nuts. Gootl meals are served on short order and the best 
lunches are prepared The lunch riwm and ice cream parlors 
are pleasant and comfortable and have, for years, been a 
favorite resort with the young people, both of the town and of 
the two colleffes. Mr. Buhrmeister has always been popu- 



ihem. He is secretary and treasurer of the ".Married Men's 
Leasrue," a fraternal or-ranization which had its he-rinniny: 
in Hannibal about live years atro and which has since become 
popular. .\t a meelin'f of this orfranizalion held in .Mobei'ly 
.\pril 20. 190.1. Mr. Heist was elected Superior Grand lie- 
cording Secretary, an important state office. He is secre- 
tary of Fayette Lodfre No. 47. A. F. and A. M,: secretary 
and treasurer of the ".Modern Brotherhood of America :" and 
financier of the A. O. U. W. In the Masonic order he has 



lar with the colletre students and is known to them by the held the offices of Master, Hij^h Priest and Kminent t'om 
atTectionate name of "Frilzy." "'Oysters at Fritzy's"' or "Ice ! niander in the Fayette lod>re. 

cream at Fritzy's" are e.xpressions often heard amontr the i Mr. Heist handles the best all-round line of confections 

students and always sifrnify a pleasant time. Mr. Buhr- | in town. His store is headquarters tor the best California 
meister has always been liberal with the students and. it is ' fruits, nuts, po])corn. citrar-s, tobacco and pipes. His slock 
said, that he never refuses to contribute money toward the of smoker's supplies is perhaps the most complete in Fayette, 
supixjrt of the football team, or aid in any of theother college Oysters are served in season and this is a popular place for 



enterprises, when called upon. Mr. Buhrmeister who has 
been in business in Fayette for ten years is well-known 
among the citizens and draws business alike from all classes. 
His bakery and lunch nxims are located in the middle of 
the block, on the east side of the square. 



oyster suppers : during the winter, many are given here by 
the college students and other young people of the town. 
During the warm season the best lemonade and soft drinks 
are served. In the restaur-ant in connection with the confec- 
tionery the best twenty-live cent meals are served. 



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BELL * ROEHL 
Blacksmithing and Woodwork 



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MKSSK8. IMOLL \- KOKHL havf it- iiu xi- 
eled \hf oil) Baptist cliiiich ami have 
made it, iiilu a vei\v comfoilaljle and 
ciiiivrnieiit, shop. Mf. Bell is a blaeksniith 
of lony expeiience. He is skilled in all kinds 
of blacksmith work and makes a specialty of 
fariev hoiseshoeinjr. He has been very suc- 
cessful alony this line and, haviny yiiiue'J the 
contidence of the public, he is buildinu up a 
hu-t;e trade He finds patrons amon^ both 
cily di-ivers and farmers. The farmers also 
give him much of their repair work. 

Mr. Uoehl is a skilled workman, both in 
making and repairing woodwork. He makes 
a specialty of carriage and buggy painting 
and is drawing a large trade. Mr, Roehl 
builds to order s])ring wagons and other light 
rigs. His work along this line has been very 
substantial and satisfactory. 

These two mechanics have combined their 
trades in a manner very satisfactory to their 
customers, Mr. Bell doing the iron work and 
Mr. Roehl the wood work in the repairing 
and the laaking of vehicles. Bv thus com- 





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issii by J. H. Aiiiistioiit.'. M. A. I'.dvd 
ami Will. Shuffoth. In 1M)S .1. H. 
Armsirony sold his interest to Bo.vd 
& Shafrolh. who continued the fii'm until .Iiilv. 
190:!. when Mr. Boyd sold to Mi-. Shafioth. 
wh(j oryranized a stock comjiany with Wni. 
Shafi'oth ]>resident : .\1. L. MeQuill.y, vice- 
pifsident and raillei-: A. 15. ('loud, secietary. 
The mill has a daily capacity of one Iniiidied 
and lifly bari-els of flout- and one hundi-i-d 
ban-els of coi-n meal. The mill is thoi-ou}rhly 
inodei-n in evei-y i-espect, beinji equi|)ped with 
the latest iiiachinei-y. heated by steam and 
litrhlcd with electricity. The buildin-r is font- 
stDiies hiyh includinfT the basement, which 
contains the lime shafts, elevaloi- boots and 
wheat sinks; the fii-st tlooi- contains seven 
double stands of roller mills, Hour and feed 
packei-s: on the second floor are located the 
flour dressers, purifiers, flour bins, and stock 
hoppei-s : the scalping and {jradinir machines, 
wheat sepai-atoi-s, scowerers, and feed bins 
Phutu bij Wnght THE KAVETTE MILL ai-e on the top floor. In order to keep a-bi-east 

of the times the mill has been twice i-emodeled, .\I. L. .McQuitty supei-intending the work each time. Mr. McQuitty. 
who has been with the mill since 18111, thou^jh quite a younfj man, has proven himself to be a practical and successful 
iiiillei-, of g:reat value to the company. Mr. A. B. (.'loud who became connected with the mill in 1898, is a promising 
young business man. Mr. Wm. Shafroth. president of the mill, is one of Fayette's oldest and most respected citizens. 
He was a member of the city council for nearly thirty years. 



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C. E. SHOKES, Proprietor 

A. B. McCOI.I.UM. Manager 

O. E. SWEARE\aEy. Bus Driver 

H-. D. VLMPOWER. Electrician 

H. B. (J(JDBE). Eirst Swipe 

JOHS RICKETTS, Second Swipe 

"USCLE ASDW" Chambermaid 
•Phone .So. 98 

THIS liAItX otIVrs soiiiH handsi)ni«> turnouts in the way of closed carriafres, douhle and sinirle rifrs. The teams 
lii-e all reliable and careful di-ivers are furnished. An eleyrant new hearse has lately been added to the barn 
and special attention is jriven to cab service for funerals and weddinjrs. This is a po))ular place for singfle 
drivers. "Bawly" is perhaps the most |M)pular sinfjle driver in tf)wn. This horse is well-known on the streets 
and has \ox\f^ been a favorite. "Bawly'" has helped many a jounjr man to win his s\v\ as all of the yountr ladies consider 
it a rare privilejje to ride behind him. The younuf men have discovered this fact and as a result the horse is always 
srreatly in demand and beloved by the younjr folks in g-eneral. 

The barn "fives special attention to the travelinfi public and many salesmen are driven over the country. 
The new drummers" wa-rcm has added to this trade, .\boul a year a-ro Mr. Shores established a new bus lini' which is 
now jretting its share of the business. HaiTSasre is always delivered promptly and for reasonable prices. 

The barn is located near the colleires and has always secured a larjre share of the colleye trade. Mr. 
Shores' "hay rides" in summer and "bob rides" in winter are very popular and frequent events with the students of 
both colleges. Many of the carriasjes for the colleg-e social events are eng-a^ed at this barn. .Mr. Shores is. himself, a 
youncr man who mixes with the boys and has a lar<re acquaintance amon-f them. Mr. Shores is very fortunate in haviny 
such an efficient force at his cominand. as that indicated at the top of the pa?e. The proprietor of the barn believes 
thoroug^hly in the division of labor and he has so trained his men that now each one excels in his own depirtment. 



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Laundry Leaves Fayette Every Tuesday and Is Returned Every Friday 

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"A BIO CATCH" /'''"'" hii (iiiii.-hii 

Mr. Winefield and His EiKht-Pound Black Bass 



THE RAVINE /'ifoln 1,1/ triiii"''!/ 

\ PI'.t I'LIAI; casf of land erosion to be seen three 
•'* miles sdiitli of Boonsboi-o. This is a remarkable 
illustration of Ihf manner in which the loess deposits 
(pf this reyion ai'e eroded by temporary or i)ermanent 
streams. The loess is a deposit left durinfj- the Cham- 
plain Kiiocli by the recedin-;- Hoods which resulted 
from the melting of the ui-eat ice sheet which once 
extended over the wliole northern portion of the 
American continent. .\liout one-tifth of Howard 
county is covered willi tliis rich de|)osit, in whicli 
thrive white oak :incl all kinds of fruit trees. Tlie 
loess inlerlies the alluviuiu along- the river and also 
the prairie in the northeastern part of the county. 
The dense limber which once covered a laryo poi-lion 
of the county yrew- in this loess deposit. 



DR. E. M. BLAKEY 

Resident Dentist 

Fayette. .Mo. 

Office Telephones 
Over Pearson's (irocery Office,"'^: Residence. IK8 


ALLEN W. WALKER 

Attorneyat-Law 

Fa.\ette. Mo. 


DR. T. M. NICHOLSON 

Resident Dentist 

Fayette. .Mo. 

Office Telephones 

New Century Block Office. 63: Residence. 82 


DR. J. ROBERT MEG RAW 

Resident Dentist 

Fayette, Mo. 

Office Telephones 
Over Payne & Williams' Bank Office, 71 ; Residence, Via 


RUSSELL /. TOLSON 

Attorneyat-Law 

Fayette. Mo. 


DR. J. H. OALLEMORE 

Resident Dentist 

Fatette. Mo. 
New Opera House Block Office, M3; Residence, 163 
Office Telephones 



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BANDSTAND P/iulu bi/Wiiu/il 

OFFICERS of the Fayette Band: Direc- 
tor, Dr. K. M. Blakpy: President, (arson 
Meredith; Vice-President, Dr. E. M. Blakey; 
Secretary and Treasurer, .J. W. Fischer; Li- 
brarian, Roy Tompkins. Practice nights, 
Tuesdays and P'ridays. In summertime the 
weekly concerts are given Friday evenings 
and are always the occasion for popular 
gatherings. 




THE MINERAL WELLS BATH HOUSE PI'oto by Uiigsby 

A STIIONG How of sulpho-saliiie water was struck at. the ume'the city 
^ sunk the deep well in the southern part of town for the- purpose of 
lindiny a water supply for the city waterworks. The mineral nature of 
the water prevents its use for domestic purposes but it has been found to 
jiossess important chemical qualities. A coi-poration, known as the 
••Kayette Mineral Wells Company," was organized by fifty enterprising 
youiig business men for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a 
swimming- pool and bath rooms. The water is especially suited for this 
use. A convenient bath house, as shown in the picture, has been con- 
structed, with facilities for hot and cold baths and a deep plunge. A. F. 
Davis, president of the company, sent a sample of the water to the 
••Kennicott Water Softner Company," of Chicago, and found the analysis 
to be: Sodium chloride, 1214.17 grains per United States gallon ; calsiuin 
chloride, 70.21 grains: magnesium chloride, 84.5;") grains: calsium sul- 
jihate, 111.25 grains : calsium bicarbonate, 11. :5 grains : silica. I.IH grains ; 
iron and aluminum oxides, .81 grains : and suspended matter of the nature 
of sulphur, 7.47 grains. The water supply is being shipped out. There 
is inducement here for the opening of a sanitarium. 

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TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS— BOTH DESTROYED BY FIRE 




Photo Loatttd by Mr. Major liuilt by Jo«ti»h Mtfjraw in K>U 

THE OLD COURTHOUSE 

THIS HANDSOME old building. %vas dpstroyed by fire in 1886. 
A peculiar incident is connected with this fire. Tbe clock 
was striking five at the very time that the tower fell m, thus 
the old clock rung its own death knell. 




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THE OLU liANk BUILDING 



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THIS BUILDING was constructed in 1839 at a cost of S2o.00(i. It was built 
of brick, with two solid stone pillars in the front and in the back, mak- 
ing it the most substantial structure in town. Until 1866 the building 
was occupied by a branch of the Bank of Missouri. In that year the bank was 
closed and the building purchased by Adam Hendrix and used for his private 
bank, which he at once established and conducted until his death, in 1876. In 
the history of Kayette mention was made of this bank being robbed of $2.5. 'KXi 
during the war. When the building was burned in May. 189>*. it was then be- 
ing used as a residence by Dr. O. H. P. Corprew. Thefire wis started by an 
explosion of giant powder in Tolsou's hardware store. This wds one of the 
old historic buildings of the town and its loss is greatly regretted. 

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FAYETTE'S CONGRESSMEN— TWO OF OUR COUNTRY'S GREATEST MEN 



CONGRESSMAN JNO. 
F. SH A FROTH was 
born in Fayettf, June 9, 
1854. After attending 
Central College he gradu- 
ated from the law depart- 
ment of the University of 
Michigan, in 1875, and was 
admitted to the Missouri 
bar in 1876. His law prac- 
t i ce was continued in 
Fayette until 1879 when 
he moved to Denver, Col- 
o r a d o , where he soon 
gained recognition and 
served as city attorney 
from 1887 to 1891. He was 
elected a member of Con- 
gress from the first Colo- 
Tado district in 1895, hav- 
ing become a member of 
the Silver Republican 
party. He was married to 
Miss Virginia Morrison of 
Kayette, October 26, 1881. 
Mr. Shafroth was repre- 
sentative from Colorado 
when on Feb'y 15, 1904, he 
HON. J. F. SHAFROTH made a resignation from 

phu(f> Loiti.f'i hij Miss i'niuiijit Hni'lUy Congress which will al- 
ways be memorable in American politics. His noble action i^ well known, 
not only in Fayette but throughout the entire land. Fayette is proud of 
such a son. A dispatch from Washington at that time stated, "The manly 
and earnest words of the Colorado member fairly took the breath of the 
bouse as he proceeded to put the first case on record in that body where 
a member gave up his seat, acknowledging that his election had been 
tainted by fraud." Mr. Shafroth is now practicing law in Denver. 




CONGRESSMAN WIL- 
LARD D. VANDI- 
V'ER was born in Harding 
county. West Virginia, 
March 30, 1854. In 1H58 he 
came with his parents to 
Missour and was edu- 
cated at Central College, 
leaving the institution in 
1877. He was married to 
Miss Alice L. Headlee. in 
June, 1880. Mr. Vandiver 
began his successful 
teaching career in Belle- 
vue Institute, where he 
was professor of Natural 
Science for three years 
and then president from 
1880 to 1889. He became 
connected with the State 
Normal School at Cape 
Girardeau, Missouri, im- 
mediately upon leaving 
Bellevue Institute, teach- 
ing in the Science depart- 
ment for four years and 
then acting as president 
until 1897, when he was 

elected member of Con- HON. W. D. VANDIVER 

gress from the 14th Mis- Ftwto Lofihcd b'j IUi\ L. H. Vnmlifer 

souri district. He served five successive terms in Congress. In Decem- 
ber, 1903, the State Democratic Central Committee of Missouri elected 
Mr. Vandiver as manager of the Folk campaign and, thus, he became the 
leader in a movement of national interest and of national importance. 
The election of Mr. Folk in the face of so much opposition shows that 
Mr. Vandiver played his part well. He now holds the office of Insurance 
Commissioner of Missouri, having been appointed on April I, 1905. 




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THE MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILROAD 



IT HAS been a fjood many veais since a foinu-i- (ieneral | history of the most stupendous strides of human proy^ress 
Passentrer A<rent. of the Missouri. Kansas and 'J'exas can he read in movinfj iiictures from the car windows. A 
llailway ■;ot out an advertisement showiny^ an elei)hant tliousand industries, soil of various decrees of fertility, a 
makin-,' a request that his trunk be checked to Deni- wonderful produce of plants and crojjs. oil. -ras. and minerals 
son, as an announcement that the .\I.. 



K. & T. Railway had been extended to 
the gatew'ay of Texas. 

Since that time, the Missouri. Kan- 
sas and Texas Uailway has yi-own from 
year to year, until it is now a system of 
over three thousand miles, covering; 
.Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, Ok- 
lahoma and Texas, It is one of the 
foremost lines in the state of Mis- 
souri, traversing the state in several 
directions, and reachin}? what are con- 
sidered the best ajJ'ricultural counties 
in this great commonwealth. The .Mis- 
souri. Kansas and Te.xas Uailway is 
almost a home institution of Fayette, it 
being our steel highway to and from the 
outside world. The broad and liberal 
policy of the railway company has done 
much and is doing much every day to 
develop the territory along its lines, 
and in this development. Fayette has 
shared with other towns. In a system 
such as this, stretching from St. I^ouis 
and Hannibal to (Jalveston and San An- 
tonio, is embraced a territory capa])le of sustaining a popu- 
lation more than double that of the present day. The whole 




Pholobij J. M. l.OONEY Giiiisbtj 

Tlie Popular "Kaly" Aicent at Fayette 



are to be found, peopled by eager, push- 
ing, wide-awake citizens who believe 
in the futui'e of their state or their ter- 
ritory, giving encouragement of every 
kind to the location of enterprises and 
industries and to the getting of more 
and better facilities. 

Of such a country and of such pro- 
gress, Fayette is part and parcel, and 
with the aid and assistance of the rail- 
way company, and with active and 
energetic work on the part of our own 
citizens there is no reason why Fayette 
should not share in the prosperity which 
the up-building of such a territory is 
bound to bring to pass. 

HisTORU'AL: The sniOKc of t.he civil War 
liad scarcely cleared away when the people of 
Howard county began agitating the question of 
building a railroad. In the "Advertiser" of 
.\pril, 1867, notice was given for a grand mass 
meeting of the citizens. This memorable gatti- 
ering. hehl in the courthouse. June 3. 1867, was 
the beginning of a moveuieut which culminated 
in the building of the ".Missouri, Kansas and 
Texas" railroad. In January, 1868, the people 
of the county voted to subscribe $'^0,000 to the 
"Tebo and Neoeho" railroad company. The 
company built its road through Fayi tte in I87:j. 
I^ater tlie railroad took the name of the "Mis- 
souri, Kansas and Te.xas." .\t the same time 
that the county subscribed $2iO,000 to the "Tebo and Neosho Company" 
an equal amount was subscribed to the "Louisiana an<l Missouri River 
Company," but the road was never completed. 




THE m.. k. & T. DEPOT 
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•PHONE NO. 130 



H. & S. LOEB 6t COMPANY— DRV GOODS 

The Best Clothes for Men, Women and Children 



FAYETTE. MO. 




INTERIOR VIEW OF STORE 

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riidlo hij DR. C. W. WATTS liiirjxbil 

DR. WATTS was a student in Central 
College from 18.58 to 1862. He is presi- 
dent of the Board of United States Examin- 
ing Surgeons: Secretary and Treasurer of 
the Howard County Medical Society, and 
Vice-President, for Missouri, of the Jeffer- 
son Medical College Alumni of Philadelphia. 
Pennsylvania. Offict^ over Bell Brothers. 
'Phones, Home No. 182: office. No. 2.S2. 



PUi.tuhij PROF. R. H. JONES (irUjoty 

PROFESSOR JONES was lately re-elect- 
ed School Commissioner of Howard 
county, having been in the office since 19.il. 
Professor Jones wjis born and reared in 
Howard county. His education was received 
at the Salisbury Academy and at the State 
.\ormal School nt Warrensburg. He h:is had 
a successful cireer as an instructor, htlth in 
rur:il and city schools. 



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W. A. DUDOEON 



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ME. DUDGEON »as born in Howard 
county, March TO, 1840. He entered 
the drug business in Fayette in I8&1 and 
since that time he has been behind the 
counter. In 1872 he was married to Miss 
Mary P Patricl!. In 1882 he was elected 
county treasurer. For the most part his life 
has been uneventful; he has always been a 
liberal citizen and an honest man. 




I)k. C. M. l.tb AND MIS lAMOLS PACK l>F FOX HOUNDS 



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AT THEtimeof tliefamous Anderson raid in Fayette, during the 
war, two of Anderson's men were killed near this tree by 
Lieutenant Joseph M. Street who, with a company of fifteen men, 
was ambushed in the timber near-by. The tree stands in the ra- 
vine north of town. In addition to the tradition connected with 
it the tree is of interest by reason of its immense size, its tall 
straight shaft, and its apparent great age. 




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BIRTHPLACE OF BISHOP TALBOT 



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Bishop Ethelbert Talbot was born in tliis house, October », 18-IS. 
Mrs. Margaret Uuruh has been living here since 1856. The house 
stands across the street from Centenary Chapel. 



DR. U. S. WRIGHT, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN 



Di;. WIIICHT wiis boi-Q in Fayette. February 1. I'^+T. tlis fatlKM-, U'land 
Wriurht. came to Missouri from Viryinia with his morher's brother. 
Major Uriel Sebree. Dr. Wright attended Central e'ollejre. but the 
outbreak of the Civil War pi-evented him from yi-aduatinig. Duiintr the 
war he clerked in a dru-r store in Warsaw. Illinois. In ISlif) he returned to Mis- 
souri and after enj^ajrinfr in the druj; business in Glasgow anil Salisbury he com- 
pleted a course in the St. Louis .Medical College, now the medical department of 
Washington University, and, in 1871. began his career in Fayette Since that 
lime he has remained here, building up a large practice and making many friends. 
In 1873 he was married to Miss Carrie Shafroth, of Fayette. She died in 1889, 
leaving live children. The oldest child. Dr. U. S. Wright. Jr., is now practicing 
medicine with his father in Fayette. Miss Annie L. Wright has been teaching 
in the Fayette public schools for seven years. Miss Nannie Lou Wi-ight, after 
completing her musical education under Miss Mary Wood Chase, of Chicago, has 
accepted a position as instructor of music in Howard-l'ayne College. .lohn L. 
Wright, a graduate of the Fayette high school, is now attending Urilchett Col- 
lege at Glasgow. Miss Carrie S. Wright is now attending the Fayette high 
school. Dr. Wright was again married to Miss Willie Swinney. They have 
three sons. Politically, Dr. Wright is a Democrat and has served several times 
on the Central Committee of the county and was elected Coroner for one term. 
He has been a member of the Fayette Board of luiucation for fourteen years, with 
two years yet to serve. Dr. Wright is a deacon in the Ba))list churcli and is otti- 
cially connected with the following hnlges: Masonic. Ex-High Priest and present 
Eminent Commander of Temple Couiinandery, No. liS ; Knights of Pythias. Past 
Chancellor of Fayette loiige, No. 239: I, O. O. F., Past Noble Grand of Fayette lodge, No. 10. Dr. Wright has been a 
leading member of the Missouri State Medical Association, and. after holding nearly all of the minor offices he was elect- 
ed president in 1891. He has been president of both the Moberly District Medical Society and the Howard County Medi- 
cal Society, and has been a delegate to National Tuberculosis Conventions on several occasions. 




Photo by DR. U. S. WRIUMI 



M.iritiih 



DR. L. M. ROBISON, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN 



GRADUATE of the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Missouri, 
t'onsultalion and examination free. Otlice hours, 8 to 12 a. m., and 1 to 
5 p. m. Otlice up stairs in New Century Block. 

Mrs. Itohison has now been jiracticing in Fayette a little over one year and 
ilurinj; that time she has demonstrated her ability as a physician and has aroused 
an interest in the new science, of which she is an ardent and accomplished student. 
In a town with the conservatism of Fayette it is always ditlicult to introduce new 
methods and to establish new precedents. Mrs. Robison has been unusually suc- 
cessful in overcomintj the difficulties of the situation. She has succeeded in build- 
ing up a large pi'actice and in making a large number of friends who have great 
confidence in her ability and in the profession which she represents. Some of the 
best families both in town and in the surrounding country are among her patrons. 
Very frequently farmers bring their families from a great distance to take advan- 
tage of her skilled treatments. She makes engagements through the mail with 
those at a distance. Several notable cases which have been given up as incurable 
by others have been brought to her and treated with success. This has been es- 
pecially true in cases of spinal trouble and similar ailments of children. 

The virtue and commonsense of Osteopathy will appeal to almost any one 
who will take the trouble to make even a slight investigation of its methods and 
teachings. The principles U])on which the science is based are simple and easily 
understood : they are far from being occult, as in the case of so many other meth- 
ods of healing. Technically : "Osteopathy is a system of treating disease, with- 
out drugs, by the use of the hands to adjust all parts of the human mechanism to 
perfect mechanical relations. It is that science which finds in disturbed mechani- 
cal relations of the anatotnical parts of the body the cause of disease, and which is employed to cure disease by applying 
technical knowledge and high manual skill to the correction of all disturbed relations occurring in the mechanical ar- 
rangement of the body. It is the science founded upon the principles of anatomy and physiology." Advanced thougth 
in view of the failures and blunders of the past has prepared sensible people to accept the methods of Osteopathy. 

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ROBERT M. BAGBY, LAWYER 



JASPER THOMPSON, LAWYER 



MR. BAGBY was born 
in Trenton, Mis- 
souri, November 8, I860. 
At the close of the t'ivil 
War his parents moved to 
Koanoke, Howard county. 
After attending the pub- 
lie schools of his home 
town, he completed a 
course in the law depart- 
mentof the Missouri Slate 
University in l«»-2. H e 
was married, in 1881, to 
-Miss Lizzie Viley. the only 
daughter of Judge J. W. 
Viley, of Koar.oke. After 
practicing in Roanoke for 
-.everdl years he went to 
Kiowa county, Kansas, 
where he was successful 
in the practice of his pro- 
fession and was elected 
prosecuting attorney of 
the county on the Demo- 
cratic ticket, in the face 
of strong Republican op- 
position. At the expira- 
tion of his term of office 
Phuloby R. M. BAQBV Oriqshy he returned to Missouri. 

and in 1891, located at 
Armstrong. In 1900 he was electe.-. Prosecuting Attorney of Howard 
county on the Democratic ticket and was re-elet'ted in 19f)^. He tilled 
the oflice with credit and honor. Mr. Bagby has been living in Kayette 
for four years. He has built up a very succe.ssrul law practice and now 
holds the office of City Attorney of Fayette. 




fyi K. THi )MI'.S()N «as hiii'i) in Ilowaixl coiinly and since 
he Has adiiiilted to the bar- has been jjraftifiny law in 
his home county. He worked on his father's fiiriii until lie 
was nineteen vear old. At that aa'e he came to Kayette and 
entefed C'enti-aK'ollefre. wofkin«r to pay his way thi-ouufh. as 
so many wofthy men have done in the past yeafs. After 
leavinj^ college, in IK8!), he accepted a position in Mr. L. S. 
Prosser's dry o'o<xls .store, where he remained for nine years, 
durintr which time he read law privately and studied under 
.Mr. t). S. Barton. Mr. Thompson left the store in .Taniiary. 
ISIIS. and was admitted to the bar in .Tnly of ihe same year. 
Since that time he h,.s practiced coiilinnously in Fayette, 
not chanfring once from Ihe oHice, located over Halley's fur- 
niture store, in which he betran his career Shortly after 
being admitted to the bar Mr. Thompson was api)ointed .Jus- 
tice of the Peace, to till a vacanc..' caused by the resignation of 
Mr. It. P. Talbiii. .\t the e.\l)iration of the term he was 
nominated for the sanie office by the Pemocralic piimai\v and 
elected. He was re-elected in lilirj and holds the office at 
this time. While having a general law practice, he makes 
a specially of collections, both home and foreign. .Mr. 
Thoni])son is a self-made lawyer who has been unusually 
successful. He started in life a,s a poor boy. worked his way 
through college and so employed the spare moments in a 
clerkship of nine years that he became well-read in law. 
His private study was thoi'ough and systematic and he was 
admitted to the bar in less than a year after giving up his 
position. He has deserved his success. 




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R. EWING'8 father came to 
Howard county from Ken- 
tucky, in 181H, and took up gov- 
ernment laud ou the Bonne 
Ferarae CreeK, south of Fayette, 
The land now belongs to Mr. 
Jno. Stapleton. Mr. John Ewing 
was born on this farm on the 16th 
of October. 1826. His whole life 
has been spent in Fayette and he 
is intimately connected with the 
history of the town, for he eagerly 
watched its development through 
many years and aided in its pro- 
gress. In his younger days he 
was au active business ntan and 
interested himself in the public 
affairs of hia native town and 
county. While the infirmities of 
old age have robbed him of his 
old-time vigor, he has lost none 
of his interest in the life about 
him and in the people and the 
town which he has known and 
loved from his youth. Mr. Ewing 
possesses a remarkably accurate 
memory and his mind is stored 
with a wealth of local stories 
traditions, and recollections of the men of other days. In the preparation of 
"Picturesque Fayette" his aid has been invaluable. When, in our search, we 
have failed elsewhere we have gone to him for ihe coveted information and were 
able to obtain it. Our visits have been trequentand untimely but we have always 
been welcomed and always found him kind and patient in listening to many ques- 
tions concerning events which long ago took place and of men and things which 
most piople have forgotten, but which linger with him in vivid recollection. 

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JOHN EWING 



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MR. JOHN EWING 

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Phufu by THE OLD COVERED BRIDGE 

Across Bonne F"emme creek. This beautiful stream 
course, southward from Fayette and flows into the 



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THE NEW YORK RACKET STORE BELL BROTHERS.— HARDWARE 



J. B. WEST, Proprietor 



M. P. aad W. C. BELL 



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i;. WICST has been in business in Kayetlf foiii- vears. [Jl'-V. W. F. HKLL came to Kayetle from Macon county 

His store is located in the center of the New Opera 1^ in 1880. He built the Bell Mlock in 1884 and his sons 

House block. This is the only racket store in Fay- 1 established the firm of Bell Brothei-s in 1888. The 

ette, and when you have failed to get what you want at all ; firm has been very successful and at |)resent carries a large 

the other stores in town you will g-enerally find it at the i stock. The store handles a full line of hardware, tinware, 

machinery, agricultural ini])lemenls, road wagons, spring 



"New York" store. A business of this kind is of great 
convenience to a town. A store of this character necessari- 
ly carries a varied line of goods and it is impossible in this 
space to make mention of the entire stock. However, men- 
tion may be made of the millinery department, which is 
complete in itself. All the latest styles and designs of ladies' 
and children's head-wear may be found in the assortment. 
A large and well-selected stock is kept on hand and several 
expert trimmers are employed to assist in the department. 
The new line of si)ring hats is especially tine and a large 
trade is now being accommodated. The designs are up-to-date 



wagons, buggies, stoves, lamps, cutlery, hot water and 
steam fittings. The main store room, located in the Bell 
Block on the west side of the square, contains a large stock 
of hardware, stoves, tinware, ammunition, and garden seeds. 
In the large buggy repository, upstairs, there is generally 
something like one hundred and iwenty-tive jobs on hand. 
The standaixi makes of vehicles, such as Moon Brothers and 
Studebaker Brothers, are handled. This is a iwpular place 
to buy all kinds of standard rigs at reasonable prices. The 
large ware room is well-stocked with a large variety of 



and the prices are reasonable. City buyers are pleased and ; farming and agricultural implements. Such standard makes 
people from the country generally find just what they want i as .John Deer, Oliver, and Sattlery are always in stock. 
and at city prices. The Saturday afternoon crowds show j This is a desirable place for farmers to buy their imple- 
where the ladies from the country are buying their new j ments for the reason that there is always a large stock on 
hats. The well-selected stock of hardware attracts the at- j hands to inspect and select from and in this way they are 



teniion of the farmers and while their wives are buying hats 
and notions at satisfactory prices they are able to purchase 
those small convenient tools and implements which make 
work on the farm easier and much more satisfactory. In 
the tinware line Mr. West offers a good assortment. The 
dry poods and notion departments are always well-stocked 
and offer some interesting bargains. 



saved the delay of ordering from the factory, as they are 
compelled to do in the case of hardware companies with 
small capital. Bell Brothers have been very successful in 
meeting competition in Fayette in the hardware busi- 
ness. Since the establishment of the firm, seventeen years 
ago, several different hardware stores have opened up at dif- 
ferent times but without seriously affecting their business. 




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'THE LEAVES OF THE OAK AND THE WILLOW SHALL FADE, 
BE SCArrERED AROUND AND TOGETHER BE LAID; 



AND THE YOUNG AND THE OLD, AND THE LOW AND THE HIGH. 
SHALL MOULDER TO DUST AND TOGETHER SHALL LIE." 



MRS. J. F. SMITH 
Fashionable Dressmaker 

JI/IUS. J. K. Siiiith and her husbaiKi. ri-sidents of Fa>- 
ette. were both born and reared in Howard founty. 
Mrs. Smith is a daujjhter of the late John F. Hackley. 
She makes a siiecialty of tailor-made skirts and is always 
up-to-date and has the latest desijrns. She solicits youi- 
patronaye : satisfaction o-uaranteed. 



THE LADIES' EXCHANGE 




P/iulo Loiiiieil OLD HOME OF SAM MAJOR. SR. )iil ffi Mnji'i 

Was built in 1831 and torn down in 1K84 to make room for tbe Bell 
block. During the War the public money was buried in the cellar. 



I TN1)1;K the management ot Mrs. O. K. Hersman and her daily li- 
ter, .Miss .Annie Her^inan. This enterprise, e.slablished in 
Fayette one year ayo, has received the endorsement and patronaue 
of many of the best citizens. It is conducted on a strictly co-opera- 
tive plan and -jrives mutual benetits to all parlies concerned and for 
this reason it should be of especial interest lo the women of the 
town ; it is theii' own home business concern. .Mi's. Hersman and 
her daughter receive consiirnments from all of the surrounding 
towns and country and, at the pre.sent time, about seventy-live 
ladies have taken membership in the orfranization and are enjoy- 
insr the many benetits and bartrains offered by the e.'cchaii'fe. The 
terms are as follows: 

Yearly membersliip fee. $1 oil. 

To outsidei's an entrance fee of live percent on value ischaryed. 

The mauaffers to receive twenty per cent on all sales made. 

Tne lady managers conduct the business and pay all e.vpenses 
-.iich as for rent, fuel and li-ihls: to meet these e.\penses they re- 
serve twenty percent of the cash sales as mentioned above. Those 
paying- one dollar in advance are entitled to membership and have 
the privilege of enteriuibr any amount of goods without furllicr ex- 
pense above the regular twenty per cent discount foi' e.xpciisi's. 
.\nyone not holding a membership may enter articles by paying an 
entrance fee of live per cent. This store is located on Second .Main 
Street, one door north of the Huller hotel. This is an excHllint 
place to either buy or sell good things lo eat and to buy or place 
on sale all kinils of fancy work in embroidery and lace, picuiit-s. 
art work of any kind, and bric-a-biac. 
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aiVENS' LAKE PI'<iliJ Loin.fil liy Dr. (;ii>n 

A favorite and oft-Frequented resort of t(»e young people and sportsmen of I-'ayette and in summer time the scene of many happy "outings.' 





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'•PICTURESOUENESS' 



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VICTOR URiaSBVS GOLDEN PHEASANT 



THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH— RAYMOND B. HELSER, Pastor 




THR Fayette Christian Church 
wjs organized about IJtJU. 
In it» pionier days, the members 
were few in number. Havinp no 
house of worship they met in 
the old court house. The early 
records of the church were not 
preserved but from 18.30 to 1s.tO 
we find among the pastors and 
evangelists who served the 
church, the following: T. Mc- 
Bride. .(oel Hayden, T. .M. Allen 
Joel Prewitt, .^llen Wright, Mar- 
cu^i P. .Mills. D. P. Hendirson, S. 
S. I'hurch, H. L. Boon, Jerry 
Lancaster and Dr. W. H. Hop.ion 
Since 18.51 the following brethren 
ministered, viz: John W. Mc- 
Qarvey, W. C. Boon, Jonalhan 
.\tkinson, Thos. N. Oaines, W. H. 
MInnks, Wm. Featherstflne, E. A. 
I'ardee, J. .M. Tenny.son, James 
Handall, Junius Wilkinson, T. J. 
Marlow, .s. I). Dutcher, A. J. Gar- 
rison. Sanmet .McDaniel, S. G. 
Clay and E. M. Richmond. Ray- 
mond B. Helser became pastor in 
August, 19W, and is serving the 
church at the present time. 

The present church building 
was dedicated November 28, 1886. The membership numbers about threr hun- 
dred. The following organizations are doing effective work, viz: Christian Wo- 
man's Board of .Missions, Ladies' Aid, .Senior Y P. S. C. E., Junior Y. P. S. C. E., 
and Sunday School. Elders: F. M. Orimes, Sr., Solon Smith, J. R. Oallemon-.' 
Deacons: Wra. M. Pryor, Jno. W. Gaines, E. A. Lawrence, Tiilly B. ( henowelh, 
Samuel Qrigsby, Wm. Qeery, Leonard Street, Ruben Long. Win. Shaw. ( harles c! 
Walker and W. S. Pearson. 



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FAYETTE'S THREE GREAT BISHOPS 






BISHOP ETHELBERT TALBOT 

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BORN in Fayette. October 9, 1848. Educa- 
ted at Centra! I'ollege, Dartmouth, aud 
(reneral The^dogical Seminary, ri. T. D. 
I rum 8tminary in 1887, ant L. L. D.. from Uni- 
versity of Missouri, same year; D. D from 
Dartmouth iu 1888. Ordered deacon and or- 
dained priest in 1873. Married to Miss Doni 
Harvey of Roanoke, Mo., Novembers, 1873. 
Rector of St. Janes'church, Macon, Mo., 1873- 
87. Consecrated bishop of Wyoming and 
Idaho in 1887 and transferred to see of Central 
Pennsylvauia in 1887, where hi- still remains. 



BISHOP EUGENE R. HENDRIX 

P/i(jf(f Li'niH'i by Mrs. .4. F. Davis 

BORN in Fayette, May 17, 1847. Educated 
at Central (.*ol lege. Wesley an University 
and Union Theological Seminary. Re- 
ceived D. D. from Emory College in 1878, and 
L. L. D. from Universities of Missouri and 
North Carolina in 1888; same degree from 
Washington and liee University in 1892. Mar- 
ried to Miss Annie K. Scaritt of Kansas City 
in 1872. President of Central College, 1878- 
86. Author of "Around the World." Bishop 
in Methodist Episcopal Church, South, since 
1886. He makes his home in Kausas Ciiy. 

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BISHOP ABIEL LEONARD 

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BORN in Fayette, June 26, 1848. Died in 
Salt Lake City, Utah, December 3, 1903. 
After attending Central College, grad- 
uated from Dartmouth in 1870; A. M. in 1873. 
Graduated from General Theological Semi- 
nary in 1873; S. T. D. there, also from Gris- 
wold and Bethany Colleges. Served in the 
ministry ot the Protestant Episcopal church 
iu Missouri and Kansas until 1SS8. Married 
Miss Flora T. Thompson of Sedalia, Mc, Oc- 
tober 21, 1875. Consecrated bishop of Salt 
Lake, Utah, January 25, 1888. 




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CENTENARY CHAPEL— S. H. C. BURGIN, PASTOR 




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N PIONKKR (lays the itinerant Methodist preacher was accustomed to come to Fayette 
and fill his appointment. The preaching place was the home of some ^ood man who 
was Kind to have his neighbors gather at his house to hear the gospel. The first 
Methodist "meetin" house was built in Fayette about 183S. This passed out of their 

hands within two years. After this they used either a school house that stood near the 

fi-ont steps of the Central campus or the college itself until that was burned in 1854. Then 

they succeeded in building the frame church now occupied by the colored Methodists. In 

this they worsQipped until 1869 when they went back to the College chapel which they 

continued to use until Centenary chapel was completed 

in 1884. At this time the membership was about two 

hundred and fifty. Fayette did not become a station 

until 18(i!l. Pi-ior to that date it had been on the Fay- 
ette circuit. Many good men made their itinerant 

rounds in all those years, among them being .John 

Travis, Joseph Figgott, Jesse Walker, John Scripps, 

A. jMcAlister, Jesse Haile, J. Keyete, David Sharp, 

W. \V. Redman, Uriel Haw, S. Casteel, Jas. Bankson, j 

Wm. Shores, Joseph Edmondson, Robert Jordan, Wm. k 

Ketron. J. K. Lacy, A. W. Arnington, Thos. Wallace, I 

G. W. Bewley, David Fisher. Andrew Monroe, Joseph 

Boyle, Tyson Dines, B. F. Johnson, P. M. Pinkart. W. 

F. Bell. S. W. Cape, W M. Sutton, E. Pvobinson. 

Since the church became a station it has been served 

by the following pastors, the number of years being in 
enthesis after the name: W. G. Miller (1), J. H. Ledbetter (1), Wm. Newland (1), Wm. 
in (I), H. P. Bond (1), E. M. Mann (1), W. W. Jones (1), J. R. A. Vaughan (4), Wm. 
in (1), J. H. Ledbetter (3), Wm. T. Boiling (3), W. F. Packard (1), John Anderson (1), W. 
Hanna (2), Thompson Penn (2), B. W. Fielder (1), T. E. Sharp (3), G. M. Gibson (3), F. 
rvin (3). Rev. S. H. C. Burgin is the present jiastor. The meiubership has increased from 



'o by REV. S. H. C. BL'KUIN ifeieillth 



I hundred and fifty in 1884 to about five hundred and seventy-five and the charge is consid- 
i one of the best in the .Missouri Conference. .\11 of the societies of the church are main- 
led — the Epworth Leagues, the Mission societies and the Sunday School. 

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REV. B. D. SIFPLh i „t Loaned 
Presiding Elder of Fayette District 



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ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 

This Sketch is Furaished by One Who Loves the Church and lias Worshipped in It for Many \ears 



UK Kl'ISCOPAL CHl'KCH. built in 1K48. is one of the quiiint old landinaiks 
in Favettc. it-niintliii'.' us of the simple tastes of fifty veal's a-^o. The interior has 
lately been i)artly refurnished, the outside repainted, ihrouyh the liberality of a 
member of the church who left a lejjracy of $:5tM»: a new -iranitoid walk decorates the 
front of the yard, laid there by a subscription of friends : but the quiet, simple edi- 
liee is unchanjfed, and appears a.s it did when it was consecrated by Bishop Hawks 
in November, 1850. Plain and unprelendinsf, yet rich in memories, its records 
udorned with some of the best names, names of those who have helped to shape and 
ilevate and briyhten the history of the town : men who have lelt behind theiir'the 
purest treasure mortal times alTord— a spotless reputation." Such men as these 
formed the leadiuf? founders and promoters of the scheme to have the service of the 
Ki)iscopal church permanently established in Fayette, and to erect a buildiny for 
that purpose: Dr. John A, Tallwt, Judjre Leland. ,iud}re Leonard. Isaac Pearson 
and Benjamin Smith. At that time there were only two Episcopal church build- 
inffs in the state — Christ Church. St. Louis, now Christ Church Cathedral, and the 
church in Boonville. 
The old yellow documents connected with the buildintr of St. .Mary's church form a curious collection. A lum- 
ber dealer in Boonville in sendinjj: his bill for lumber February, 1n47, says, "It will be sent over across the river on the 
ice in a wayon," then follows the agreement between Mr. \V. H. Nipper and the above men. all the measurements, etc., 
etc., all of them filed and ke])! by lovin-j hands amonij the "sacred archives of the past,'" That you may have an idea 
how crude and new this part of the world then was you may refer to history and find that the first telejrraphic connection 
with the East was a line to St, Louis, completed in December, 1847. Kansas City was barely a settlement where the 
treacherous river could play havoc unfettered : the memory of the great Hood of 1844 was still fresh in the minds of the 
people. It was the day of Col. Thomas H. Benton and Calhoun, perhaps ajre and distance >rild these days. 

The first Episcopal service ever held in Fayette was in the old courthouse in 1835. by Bishop .lackson Kemi)er, 
bishop of all the northwest in which Missouri was included. The tirsl minister in charge was the Rev. Mr. Peake, "who 
was also superintendent of the Female .Academy," the record states. He was followed by liev. Mr. Mead in 1841. Kev. 
Mr. Ueed in 184ti and Kiv. Mr. Dunn in 1847. Mr. Dunn drew the jihin for the building as it now stands. 

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Ho started a Mission in (Tlasa'ow. licld sei'Vicc^ t.herc^ onee a nioiltli. and walked the distance on Satalrdav Walk- 
inir hafk Sunday aftei-noon to l)e i-eady for school work on Monday, he had a hoys school thronyh the week. He can^ 
vassed the town with suhscription to hnild the church, and tindiny it would not he suHlcient. went lOaat and solicited 
funds, one of his memhers also went Kast for the same puri)ose. hetryiiny from wealthy friends in Boston. 

In l.s!io the huildinj;- was completed and Rishop (.'. S. Hawks, the first hishop of Missouri, consecrated it. He 
married .Ada. daug-hter of .Tudue Leonard, and much of his time in his latter days Was spent here. He was greatly be- 
loved hy all— even the children in the parish considei-ed him theii- esjiecial friend. He was ])nssesspd of r:trp ijifis, 
crowds always assembled to hear hiseloquent 
sermons, for he was one of the linest orators 
ofhistinie. .Men who rarely entered a church 
would come and listen to him. while his ser- 
mons would he discussed amongst them for 
days afterwards. 

The church suffered a severe loss 
in the death of .Mrs. Leonard, widow of Judge 
Leonard, in ]Xi>5. Not only the loftiest char- 
acter in the chui-ch.hnt the sympathizing 
friend of all. the dis|ieiis(M- of kindness and 
i;enerosit\ to the wliole comnumity. and al- 
most the tinanical suppoi-t of the parish. Her 
loss will always l>e deeiily mourned, and keenly 
felt l>y the church she loved so well, and so 
aiily assisted. The sons and daughter's of St. 
Mary's are scattered far an<l wide, till oiil.x ;i 
few remain, yet their love for the old cluircli 
hui-ns fervid and I iMie. Kind friend> remejn- 
l>er with gifts and memorials, enhancing tl)e 
value of the properly already hallowi'd hy as- 
sociations and meiiiories of four generation'^, 
the only huilding in town which has been 
worshipped in so long, (ir.-iy hair<'d men and wonu'ii join in I lie same old cliants and hymns tlieii' tattlers and grand- 
lathers sung hefore them under the same ol.l roof where tin'y too "worshipped the Lord in the beauty of holiness." 

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MEMOIRS OF DR. PECK 



TME BAPTIST CHUKCH P/i'"-' hij II (1-//1' 

The Bapti'»t church, established in Fayette in 1839, was an out- 
growth of the old Mount Moriah organization. The pre«ent pastor 
is Rev. A. P. Turner, who succeeded Rev. ( *. A. Buchanan. 



THE n.XPTISTS were amonyr the vei-y first to estiiblish 
ehuicheri and conduct ivlij^ious services in the wilils of 
Howard county. Some of iheir experiences read like 
romance. We g'ive extracts from the very interestinfr 
memoir of James M. Peck, D. D., a pioneer Baptist preacher who 
traveled in the county in 1H18: '-On Monday. December 22, IHIH, 
I rode through the country to Franklin, found a Baptist family liy 
the name of Wiseman, where I had been directed to call. .V hasty 
ai)i)ointinent was circulated, and I preached to a room full of 
people. Amon^the emuiiu^rants. both from fjoutre and Kentucky, 
were not a few Baptist families and two or three preachers. .\ 
church had been organized which I think took the name of 
.Mount Zion. Soon the hostile Indians broke into these remote 
frontier settlements. It was in July. IHIO. that a hostile l)an<l of 
Pottawatomies came stealthily into the settlement on the Louire 
and stole a number of horses. .\ volunteer company was i-aised 
which followed the trail across (J rand Prairie to Boon's Lick where 
they discovered eijrht Indians who threw otT theii- packs of plunder 
and scattered in the woods. Niyrht cominsr on. the party disre- 
trarded the advice of their leader. Stephen ( 'ole. an e.\perienced 
Ulan with Indians. He advised settinir a sruard. but the majority 
exclaimed atrainst it, and cried "cowaitlice." About midnight the 
Indian yell and the death-deal injr bullet aroused them fi-om sleep. 
Stephen Cole had taken his station at the foot of a tree, and if he 
>lei)t it was with one eye open. When the attack commenced he 
killed four Indians ami wounded the lifth. lhou>rh severely wounded 
himself. Wm. T. Cole, his brother, was killed at tlie commence- 
ment of the ti-jht. with two others. Next mornin-? the surviviu-s 
reached the sett leiueiu and told the dreadful tidiuirs. and a party 
returned to lln' spot, bui-ied the dead, but found Ilie I ndians udiie." 
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I'huti, hij INTERIOR OF CENTENARY CHAPEL (iri,l,^l".l 
Showing the large auditorium in which the students from 
both Colleges and the townspeople gather for worship. 



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COOPER'S CHAPEL-METHODIST 



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Built in 1881; located eighteen miles southwest of Fayette near 
the site of the famous "Cooper's Fort ." Pastor, Rev, John Holland. 





riiolnhii MOUNT MORIAH CHURCH- BAPTIST '.. if/"''.'/ 

Located four miles west of Kayette; built in 18»3 and said to be 
the oldest brick church west of the Misiissippi River. 



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ST. JOSEPHS CATHOLIC CHURCH 



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Built in 189i. The priest is Father .loseph Kroeger, who lives 
at New Franklin. Services every second Sunday in the month. 




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FAYETTE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM— J. P. COLEMAN, Superintendent 




BOARD OF EDUCATION 

President — Dk. U. S. Wkicht. 1)K. H. K. GiveNS 

Vice-President— K. W. Paynk, J. R. Gallkmiiuk 

Treasurer— J. B. Denneny, J. W. Armstkong 

Clerk— W. F. KiRBY 



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■yi 1 1-; High Schoul utters 
•A four year's course 
wliich articulates with the 
Freshman year in Central 
College. There are now 
seventy-one pupils enroll- 
ed in the high school and 
in the entire school a little 
over four hundred. The 
enrollment includes a 
number of non-resident 
students who have come 
from a distance to take 
advantage of the excellent 
facilities offered by the 
school. The physical lab- 
oratories are well equip- 
ped and thorough courses 
in the languages and 
mathematics are offered 
so that students may here 
prepare themsi^lves for 
advanced college woik. 
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l'lfi,tu\„j E.C.PHILLIPS. Principal IliUjsbij 



PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 




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THE LINE 



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TEACHERS ELECT FOR NEXT YEAR 



SUPERINTEXDENT— J. P. COLEMAN FiFTH GRADE— MLSS NETTIE WOOUS 

Principal— Miss Mayme Thompson Fourth Grade— Miss Lillie Bryan 

Assistant Principal— Miss Janet Williams Third Grade— Miss Wilma Potts 

Seventh and Eighth Grades— Miss Annie Wright Second Grade— Miss Emily Owings 

Sixth Grade— Miss Beryl Smith B^irst Grade— Miss Nellie Hughes 

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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 




CLASS looS-MIOH SCHOOL /'/,„/.. 1,1/ i.iiij'-hij 

Carrie Waugh Sadie Beazley EfGe Besgrove Fannie Pa.vton Edna liuu David Bagby Robert Johnston 

Robert Carroll Robert P^isher Fritz Kuhn Munte Crews Kdwtn Jacobi Paul Deatberage Guy Blakey 



PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM 




PUBLIC SCHOOL BL'lLDINa AND GROUNDS 



P/tot . by (tiignby 



HOWARD-PAYNE COLLEGE— HIRAM D. GROVES, D. D., President 




Pholo by Uiiijshu HIRAM D. OROVES. 

President of Hnuard-Payne Colleice Since I88S 



HI i\V.\i;n-PAYNK COLLKGK is one of the foiomost 
feiiiitle colleyes in the Methodist church of Missouri. 
It has a lonjr and honorable history back of it to 
ins])ire conlidence in new students and to (rive pres- 
tifje to its yiaduates. It is to the credit of the school that 
ils advancement has been steady and yradual from the first : 
it has not reached a culmination of profjress and then de- 
clined as in the case of so many other schools. Its present 
condition is the best in its history. Historically, theeolletre 
is the outufrovvth of Howard Hijrh School, established in 184+ 
by Dr. William T. Lucky who remained at the head of llic 
school for seventeen years, includin": two years after ii )i;i(l 
been chartered by the state lejjislature in 18."i9. .\ hi:ivy 
debt on the property necessitated its sale in l><(i!t. 1 1 was 
l)nrchased l>y Rev. Moses I'. I'ayne and -renerously deeded 
to the board of curators and. in consideration of this liber- 
ality, the Iward. in ISi)2, chanjred the name of the institution 
to Howard-Payne Colleure. The colleye offers a thorouu^h 
course in the colleyriate department, and the .Music. .\rt and 
Dramatic departments have received es|)ecial attention of 
late years and have been slrensrthened and enlarjjed until 
now they otTer the very best courses in these several 
branches of special study. Physical culture, etiquette and 
relifrious worship all have their place in the collesre life. 
Calaloofues giving: full information concerning the college 
are mailed to young ladies who are interested in securing a 
thorough education amidst congenial surroundings and asso- 
ciated with ])leasant companions. Uepresentatives of the 
college will travel through the state during the summer time 
and call upon families interested in higher education and 
give all necessarv information and figures. 



HOWARD PAYNE COLLEGE 




SECTION OF ART ROOM-MISS MARV LASHER. DIRECTOR 

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SECTION OF SCIENCE NALL-PROF. A. P. WARREN, INSTRUCTOR 



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CENTRAL COLLEGE— JAMES C. MORRIS, D. D., President 




THE COLLEGE CAMPUS 



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/^KNTRAL C'OLLKGE was organized in l.so+ by the conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Mis- 
souri. The chartei- beat's date ot Mafch 1. ISoo, and provides for the hijihest education of both men and women 
'I'lie foi-iiial o|)enin^ of the colletre was in September, Wh~. Then there was a faculty of four, a campus of one acre, one 
buildiu}'', no library, no apparatus. Now the faculty comprises twelve members : there is a campus of twenty-five acres, 
and there are seven buildings with libraries, laboratories, etc. Over three thousand persons have entered as students 
and more lh«n two hundred of these have graduated. It offers both literary and scientific courses and stands for the 
l)est in educated christian citizenship. Catalogues of information concerning the courses offered mailed upon request. 



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THE DAVIS INSTITUTE" 



MKS. AUGUSTA DAVIS, known to her students by the affectionate name of "Aunt 
(ius," moved into this house in 1S79 and established a private school which she 
chlled "The Davis Institute" and in « hicb she taught young children, preparing them 
for entrance to the public school or the colleges. Mrs. Davis had great success in teach- 
ing young children and is now greatly loved by all of those who have been her pupils. 
Many of those whom she first started upon the road to kuowledge have now won posi- 
tion and honor in life, and though she is now eighty years old she is familiar with the 
whereabouts and the success of her "children" and speaks of them with pride. Those 
of us who have seen her only once or twice have been affected by the gentleness and 

the sweetness of 
her spirit and the 
inspiration of her 
words. She is still 
interested in edu- 
cation and still 
loves children, 
both young and 
grown up. Her 
pupils have been 
scattered far and 
wide and it is im- 
possible to mention 
all of them; we give 
a few of those now 
best known in 
Fayette: Misses Leona Tindall, Mattie Norris, Nell Smith, Rena Major, Nannie and 
Annie Wright, May me McColluni, Hattie Semel Rosenbaum; Mrs. May me Smith, Mrs. 
Jenette Spencer, Mrs. Alice Maupin, Mrs. Ida Pearson; Messrs. Russell Tolson, Robert 
and Howard Clark, Gouley Pyle, Tom Bedford, Boyd G. Norris, Jim Dennenv, Bob 
Payne, II. S. Wright, Jr , Tom and Burckhartt Talbot, Leigh Pearson. Mrs. Davis is the 
sisier of Romeo Hughes and was born on the farm which he owns and which has been 
in the possession of the family since it was first t ettled by their father in 1820. In her 
younger life Mrs. Davis taught in Stephens College at Columbia. She is the widow of 
Prof. William T. Davis, a cultured and learned gentleman, who taught school at differ- 
ent places in Missouri for many years, and especially in the old Howard High School. 

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"Mt-rmaid Club," Dr. Groves, President; meets every 
two weeks on Thursday. 

"Thimble Club," no regular officers; meets every two 
weeks on Tuesday. 

"Paladin Club," Mr. Charles Eubank, Jr., President; 
meets first Tuesday in every month. 

"M. M. M. Club," Miss Annie Wright, President; meets 
every two weeks on Saturday. 

"AH Year Round Club." Mrs. John Tolson, President; 
meets every two weeks on Tuesday. 

"Daughters of the Confederacy," Mrs. O. H. P. Cor- 
prew. President; meets first Monday in every month. 



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CRYSTAL STEAM LAUNDRY 



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THE above building is the property or Mr. H. A. Whiteside, who establitbed a 
steam laundry in Fayette one year ago He has recently leased the plant to Mr. 
H. A. Schott of Boonville, who will conduct the buHiness* in the future. This is a 
home enterprise which deserves the patronage of all. The laundry occupies the lower 
part of the building while the upper portion is divided into two convenient store rooras 
which are rented at a moderate rate. Previous to the establishment of this concern all 
of the laundry in Fayette was shipped out of town but now with a modern plant of this 
kind in our community the work should be kept at home. 

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CARPENTKR SHOP OK W . J. MEGRAW 
Contractor and Builder 



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In glancing through the book it will be noticed that most of the 
important business bloCKS and many of the fine residences in l'"ay- 
ette have been built by Mr Megraw. ' 







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MR. LEE ROY TOMPKIXS, better known as "Dauber," is the most popular man of his profession in town. He does first class paint- 
ing, sign writing, paper hanging and interior decorating. He has worked at this trade for several years in Kansas City, St. Louis, 
Chicago and other large cities and understands his business thoroughly. The name "Dauber" is attached to almost every sign of any im- 
portance in town and the paper hanging and decorating in many of the better homes has been done by him. His prices are alike to all. 

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URING the enrly days of salt making at 
"Boone's Lick*'there were many inter- 
esting happenings and not a few sad 
ones. Once upon a time the faiuUy of 
Major James Morrison came from St. 
Charles, Mo., to make salt. While 
'hey were reducing the brine young 
-ioseph Morrison, who was standing 
"ver an immense kettle, stirring, lost 
his footing and fell into the boiling 
liquid and was scalded to death. A 
s^hattered tombstone which marks bis 
-,'rave gives the date of his death as 
\ugust 16, 1838, and tradition says that 
Ik- met death in the identical kettle, 
-hown iu the picture below, which is 
now used for scalding hogs on the farm 
of Mrs. Jeftie D. Marshall, who is the 
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THESE bones were found lying on the surface of the groung near the siie 
of the famous Cooper's Kort. They were disturbed by the mad waters 
of the Missouri river during the floods of two years ago, and now lie scatter- 
ed about without friend to bury them. There are no tombstones or grave- 
yard in the vicinity to give identity, and it is supposed that they are the re- 
mains of early settlers. Along the river bottoms at this point there are a 
large number of deep "suck holes," which are characteristic of flood action 
in the loose alluvium soil. Very likely it was one of these whirlpools which 
washed the bones out of the ground. It is a matter of conjecture whether or 
not these men saw the great flood of 184*, which was very similar to the 
flood of 1903. The apparent age of the bones would indicate that they were 
likely in their grave even at that early date. 




THE FAMOUS "BOONE'S LICK" 



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This ha« been a noted salt spriug for a hundred years. The 'lick" took its name from two sons of Daniel Boone, Who came here and 
made sail in IHuT. In IHIO a colony of one hundred and fifty families, chiefly Kentiickians, settled in the Boone's Lick cotintry; this was the 
tirst important settlement made west of St. Lnuis. This is one ot the historic places in Missouri. 




T. HALLEY iSc COMPANY 

Furniture and Undertaking 



Pholoby THE DRATH TREE 0,i<iKhu 

This fine old tree, .«tunr1inK in the northern edge oT town, once 
witnessed a scene of dea'h and wild ccMninol ion. One niijht twelve 
years ago a darkey by the name of Oily Sexton was lynched on this 
tree by an unknown niub. to expiate a crime. 



THI-] firm of Guy T, Halley & Company, composed of (J. T. 
llalley who has active chai'fre of the business and 
Joe. H. Deiineny of the Payne iV Williams' Bank is one of the 
best known business institutions in the county. The stock 
carried by this firm is entirely out of the ordiiiai-y. embracing:, 
as it does, furniture of the hiyfhest class, the products of the 
best factories to that of the medium grades. The stock of wall 
paper is the most complete in Central Missouri. In connection 
with the furniture store is the model upholsterinof and cabinet 
shop in charjre of that skilled machanic, .Mr. Harry Nuit. This 
-hop is headquarters for the students of Howard-Payne Col- 
lejre. the firm having the contract to do all the fi'amins? for the 
art classes. The undertaking branch of the business is under 
the direct supervision of .Mr. Halley, who is a trraduate of one 
of the foi'emost institutions of the kind in the state and is 
licensed to do this work. They are thorouirhly equipped, 
owninir the finest hearse in the coimtry, a lowerinj;- devise for 
caskets to be used at the i^rave. a lar^e canvas canopy to be 
used in bad weather for the convenience and comfort of all 
present This firm thoroughly believes in strictly first-class 
work and by pursuiny strict business meth<Kis has built up a 
business backed by a reputation for fair dealing. Mr. Halley 
and Mr. Denneiiy are both youny men of active business inter- 
ests, takiny an active and prominent part in all enterprises 
which tend towaifl the advanciny of the yreneral welfare of the 
community. They have established a payiny business l»y 
their energy and industry. As shown in the picture, ihey have 
a larye store room which is completely filled with all kinds of 
hiyh yrade furniture, yiviny the buyer a splendid assortment. 

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THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF FAYETTE 

DIRECTORS: 

A. I'. Hickerson B. W. Malone L. W, Jacobs J. R. Oallemore 

J. L. Dougherty W. A. Feland J, (J. Crews 



L. W. JACOBS, 

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J. R. riALLEMORE. 

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)MMI':i;ctAL BANKOF PAYETTE was incoi-poraled, September lii, I'.HKl. wilhacapiUl 
stock of $12,000. anil ojjened for business, Ni)veraber 1, 190:5. Accordiny t,u the statement 
111 Novembei- M). 1!I0+, the bank had on deposit $;)l.l!t5.02 : loans and discounts. *:«.040.01 : 
cash and exchange. $2.'!. 141.77. Stock in this bank is much soujjht for and what little has 
chanjjed hands has commanded a premium of over ten pei' cent. The bank is located in 
the block south of the courthouse. 

.Mr. Hickerson. President of the bank, was burn in Saline county. Mo.. October 24, 
ls-"il. In March, 18o2, he came to Howard county with his father's family. Since that 
dale be has lived in the county. He has been a very successful farmer, and now resides 
iin his farm, four miles west of Fayette. Mr. B. W. Malone, Vice-President of the Bank, 
was born at Mount Ary, in Randolph county in 1831. Mr. Malone came to Fayette in 
1SK3 : for fifteen years previous to that time he was Superintendent of the Randolph coun- 
ty [juor farm. His business career in Fayette began in 1904. Mr. L. W. Jacobs, Cashier, was born in Galva, Illinois, 
November 3. IWil. He removed to Monroe county, Missouri, in 18(18 and was reared on a farm. For two years he taught 
school and then for eighteen years was engaged in the service of the "Missouri, Kansas and Te.vas" railroad at various 
points, eight years of that time stationed as local agent at Fayette. September 22. 18S(). Mr. Jacobs was married to Miss 
Belle Harris, a daughter of the late Thomas B. Harris and a member of one of the oldest and best families of Howard 
county. J. R. Gallemore. A.ssistanl t'ashier, was born in Kentucky and came to Missouri at an early age. He taught 
in the public schools of the county for many years and was elected County Assessor twice and County Clerk twice. Mr. 
Gallemore was assistant cashier in the Farmers' & Merchants' Bank from .Tanuary. 189!) to August, 1903. He has been 
an active member in the Christian church and is now an elder. 

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An "inland" town, twelve miles southwest of Favette. Laid out in 1840 aud named in honor of Daniel Boone, the great hunter, 
first house was built by Achilles Calloway, which is still standing. 



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RUINS OF ''WALNUT GROVE'' 



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THE accompaning picture shows the ruins of "Walnut Grove," built 
by Mr. George Stapleton of red brick made on the estate, during the 
time that Indians inhabited these parts, loathe to leave so fertile a 
hunting ground. Before the war this home was considered the finest in 
Southern Missouri. It was a story and a half high with spacious walnut 
finished rooms, great chimneys, high ceilings, heavy brass knobiied doors, 
great closets, colonial porches adorned with deer antlers, relics of the 
hunt, and was furnished with lovely colonial furniture, probably brought 
from Kentucky and Virginia, mirrors, a grandfather clock of ponderous 
size, in which a man could easily hide were it necessary; a beautiful four 
poster bed with satin lined canopy top: qxite a quantity of fine silver, 
trays, goblets, cake baskets, spoons, etc., etc., while many of the goblets 
were proudly displayed as prizes won on fine cattle at the famous county 
fairs. During the late war the silver was buried in goods boxes under 
an enormous old elm tree, and only a few pieces were saved manj- years 
afterwards when the house and furniture were destroyed by fire. 



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MR. J. CARR BOGOS 



MR. BOGGS is one of the large number of people who, while having 
their business interests elsewhere, hive found Fayette a most 
pleasant place for a houie. He was born and reared in Howard county and 
educated at Central College and has been living in Fayette ten years. 

He was married, January 
11, 1896. to Miss Mellie 
Brown, of Fayette They 
have one little daughter, 
Evangeline. Mr. Boggs 
and his family are mem- 
bers of the Methodist 
church. 

For six years Mr. Boggs 
has been with the Blanke- 
Wenneker Candy Com- 
pany of Saint Louis, as 
traveling salesman, with 
his territory in Northern 
Missouri and Southern 
Iowa. This is the oldest 
cnnfectionery couipaijy in 
Missouri and has back of 
it a long and prosperous 
career Mr. Boggs sells a 
full line of high grade 
goods which include the 
celebrated brands, "Pr»ze 
Medal" and "Marocaibo," 
of chocolates, and also the 
tine line of stick candy 
which is known all over 
the country. Mr. Boggs 
P'lo o f/y J. CARR BOGGS (r>l(ishy has his routes arranged 

so as to spend Sunday of 
every week with his family. On Saturday evenings he visits the trade in 
his home town and hi-^ line of goods is handled by every store in town. 




HON. JOHN A. WOODS 



HON. JOHN A. WOODS, Howard county's Representative in the State 
Legislature, was born near Steinmetz, Missouri, August 26, 1844, 
and was reared on a farm. He had the advantages of a practical educa- 
tion and at the age of eighteen years engaged in school teaching. At the 
time General Price made his famous raid in Missouri in the fall of 1861, 
Mr. Woods joined the Con- 
federate army and went 
South. After his surren- 
der, at Alexander, Louisi- 
ana, in 1865, he returned 
home. April 4, 1866, he 
was married to Miss 
Martha McCrary, daugh- 
ter of Judge Boyd Mc- 
Crary. He has made 
agriculture his life voca- 
tion, varied with school 
teaching. For several 
years he was a successful 
insurance agent for the 
Home Fire Insurance Co. 
of New York. In the fall 
of 1902, Mr. Woods was 
elected to the office of 
Representative of Howard 
county. His election was 
without opposition, which 
was quite a compliment 
and showed that the peo- 
ple had entire confidence 
in his honesty and ability 
to represent the interests 
of the county in the State Legislature. Mr. Woods' term of office has 
been characterized by a disinterested devotion to the welfare and com- 
mon weal of his county. His name deserves to be enrolled with that long 
list of worthy legislators who have so ably represented Howard county. 




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These Two Pictures Are In the Possession of Mrs. Sam Major and Are (ireatly Prized: They Were Taken In IS7S 





THIS view, showing the Academy at the end of the street, was 
taken from an iron bilcnny on the east side of a building 
which stood on the corner now occupied by Blackwell Si. Chen- 
owe'h's store and Payne & Williams' bank. 



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THE HOWARD COUNTY ADVERTISER-L. B. WHITE, Publisher 

II- now \i;n CorNTY ADVEUTrSKi; is -me of the oldest impei-s in the state : in fact 
il is oor on lie oldest published west of the Mississippi i-ivef, beiny- established in the year 
is+o and pnblished continuously ever since. The history of Thk Advertiseu is a.-ely 
ilKtt of Howard conntv, the paper bein- one of the county's oldest institutions. OurinH- 
,his time the publication has witnessed many vicissitudes and been under the editorial 
..Miidanee of some of county's most prominent and 
• ilile men. Its later history dates with its purchase 
fi,im 1. N. Houck by rhas. .1. Walden in the year 
1872. .Ml-. Walden conducted the paper successful- 
ly a number of years when it passed into the hands 
of W. S. Gallemore who was its editor until 1«9« 
when the paper was purchased by S. .M. Yeamau 

u ho dispoM.,1 of his int. rest to his son. M. B. Yeaman, now a resident of Fayette. 

Mr Veamn, published the paper until the summer of U)0:5 when a half interest 

wis sold to L. H. While, of (-..lumbia. who in a few months bouuht the entire 

plant and is now its editor and publisher The Advertiser has one of the best 

equipped printing plants to be found outside of the lart^e cities. The job printin? 

department is in the hands of skilled workmen, who, with all the modern appli- 
ances of the printer's art. are able to turn out Hue samples of the art preserva- 
tive Commercial and sjeneral priming of every description a specialty. The 

printing- of '-Picturesque Favette" is the work of the job department, and is the 

l-,r-est piece of printing ever done in Fayette. THE Advertiser, the oldest 

paper in the countv. has always been looked upon as the conservative publication 

of the ci.untv. The paper has ever taken an active (lart in politics and a decided 

interest in all things pretainintr to the general good. Fearless in its editorial 

columns, possessing an opinitm and ever ready to e.xpress it in the interest of the 

common people. THE ADVERTISER is today looked upon throughout the great 

Si ate of Missouri as one of the substantial publications whose opinion is respected. r/,o,o i„j 




L. B. WnlTb. Publisher Origshy 



THE FAYETTE DEMOCRAT=LEADER-H. P. MASON, Editor and Proprietor 

THE DEMOCPwVT-LEADER. another of Fayette's pmnih.ent es,.l.lish- 
menls. is the outcome of a consoli.iation of the Denioc,at-H,.n..er- 
eslabl.shed 1«7+. and the Ho«ar<i Coi.n.v Leade,-, established March 

u, , *"' "■ ^' '^'''*"°- ^^'^ '"■-'**'"' in.hlisher an.i proprietor. It is 
athorou^hl.v down-to-no«- paper, six colutnn qnarto. and n.akes a specialty of 
jriv.nff the local news. Its mechanical depart.nent is complete in every" re- 
spect, be.nj. equipped with the best presses. Dexter paper folder, all opet-ate.l 
by power, ami other modern machinery. I, makes a specialty of fine job print- 
intr of every description. The Demo- 
i'Uat-Leader has the largest subscrip- 
tion list of any paper published in the 
county. It is fearlessly and reliably 
Democratic, but not ofTensively parti- 
san. The editor. H. p .Mason, has 
been a printer since 1SH2 and knows all 
the details of newspaper work. A 
thorouu-hly competent torce of printers 
is employed. The paper speaks for it- 
si'lf. Sample copies for the askin-f. 




Photo hy 



•Mr. H. P. .Mason, besides editing his 
ri'bij newspaper, raises fine poultry as a side 
issue He is one of the leadinjj breed- 
ers in the world of Buff Plymouth Rocks. At the World's Fair. IMfU he 
won first breedinsr pen, third pullet and fourth cockerel in competition with'the 
world, and in the Missouri exhibit he won first breeding pen, fiiM cockerel first 
and fifth pullet, second hen and third cock- the frreatest record ever made" by a 
breeder of BulT Plymouth Rocks. If interested in fine poultry write .Mr. .Mason. 

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INTERIOR VIEW OF THE PRESS ROOM OF THE DEMOCRAT-LEADER 

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P'to'.o bij Grifjsby 




R- M. Hagby H. C. Reed A. M. Kel 



THE CITV COLNCII. 

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C E. Meredith, Bass 



\V. r, Smilh. BHriliine 



J. L. 



Rosse, Second Tenor 
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D D. Dickerson, First Tenor 



THE ORPHEUM 
QUARTET 

THIS group was taken 
by Mr. T. A. Mere- 
dith who has been a pho- 
tographer in Fayette for 
eighteen years. He is a 
popular artist with the 
college students, the 
townspeople and farmers. 
His gallery is situated in 
the center of the block 
west of the court house 
H e is aUvajs ready t o 
welcome visitors and his 
prices are low and his 
work ailistic. Mr. Mere- 
dith IS assisted by Mr. 
Thomas H. Wright, who 
makes a specialty of out- 
door work. In glancing 
through this book it will 
be noticed that many of 
the finer outdoor views 
were taken by him. If 
you desi e a good picture 
of your residence, your 
farm or your cattle call 
on him and he will insure 
you satisfactory work at 
reasonable prices. The 
assistance of Mr. Mere- 
dith and Mr. Wright has 
been invaluable in the 
preparation ul "Pictur- 
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Fayette, Missouri 



RliKIOK HKdTHICRS have been in l)nsini'ss in Kavette 
fi)i- seven years and by pnrsuing' honest business meth- 
ods liave succeeded in l)uildiiijj- up a satisfactory trade. The 
business is undef llie direct management of Mr. I''. W. 
Iluclo'r. wliile .Mr. T. M. I'ucker, the other uiiMuber of 
tliis most successful lirm. nial<es his home in (_'arrollton, 
Missouri, where he is enyased in the liardware Inisiness. 
'I'lie riucl<er store is located in the corner of the Bell Block, 
diiectly opposite the Hotel Howard. The company carries 
a lull line of staple and fancy |J:rocei-ies and all kinds of pro- 
visious, also a stock of tin, graniteware and dishes. It has 
always been the aim of Rucker Brothers to keep on hand an 
up-to-date stock of goods in every respect and they general- 
ly otter the freshest butter, vegetables aild provisions that 
can be obtained in the market. .Mr. Paicker has make a 
study of his business and has endeavored to please his trade 
and his efforts have not been without success. Ruckei' 
I!rothei-s are assisted in the store by Mr. Tom Hucker, Mr. 
Willard Crigler and .Tohn Siceloff. Rucker Brothers are 
interested in the old firm of the Fayette Grocery Company, 
on the o])i)osite side of the square, which is managed by Mr. 
I. H. I'l-arson. and wliicli offers a yood line of groceries, sup- 
nli'uicnliMl, wlipu neci'ssiiry, by the stock al the new store. 



E. FARLEY 

Marble and Granite 
Works 



Columbia 

Sedalia 

Warrensburg 



COLU.MIUA. theoldesi of 
the three firms, has 
regular solicitors in the 
Howai'd county territory. 
.Should any of them fail to 
solicit you. if you will kind- 
ly write the Columbia 
house, we will submit prices 
on anything- you may de- 
sire in our line or send a 
representative direct to see 
you, who will be pleased to 
name you prices on any- 
thing desired in our line. 








"MOUND CITY'' <^Tnrk ca^a^ , ^ 

^iiy ^1 OLK FARM, J. F. BURNHAM 




MOUND CITY HERD POLAND-CHINAS 

daughter of old King wiodhiVrn I„i ^^^ ' " gfanrt- 
Woodburn and Uottie How„Ih ' '^'°^'' ^<"^°°<'- Lady 
the old King. He?e IsoZoffh"'^ "'!" ''""Shters of 
the Poland-China breed TounJ^stiX',"''''^'' '''°<"' <" 

Fayette, Missouri 




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COUNTRY HOME OF MR. OSCAR WHITE 



Photu by (riigtby 



onel While engaged u celebrated aiUst to come^ tiom iNe 'ip,,.re the tioishincr touches he was drowned 

oil. His work was beautifully done but before he had given a . ngle l^^^^ ^^^ ''^^^^^^^^^ .^ ^^^ ,„„^,y. captain 



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COUNTRY HOME OF WADE M. JACKSON 



"ASH GROVE^'-COUNTRV HOME OF MR. AND MRS. CHENAULT TODD 




H K country home of Mr. and Mrs. t'henault Tcild anil live chiklicn, lueutnl four miles east 
of Fayelle. was i)iiichased bv 'Jlu.mas Todd, yi'andfather of llie i)i-esenl ownec. in 1S2(). and 
has been owned by the Todd family conlinuoiisly since that lime. Thomas Todd was suc- 
ceeded by his son Neriah. who by his final will left the oi-ijrinal tract of thi-ee hiindi-pd and 
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and is under the management of .Mr. Totid and sons. The 
present jM-oprietor established a herd of Shorthorns at 
"Ash Grove"' in 1870, having i)urchased the foundation 
stock from the best herds in the United States. Since 
that time he has added to it some of the mo.st popular 
Scotch and Cruickshank families, namely : Secrets, Vic- 
torias, Nonpariel and Campbell Rosebuds. FourCruick- 
shank bulls have been used in recent years : Noble Ring 
2nd, Sir Charming-. Barmpton Knight andCai)tain Lav- 
ender. The herd at present contains one hundred and 
fifty head and .Mr. Todd will be pleased to show them 
to anyone visiting the farm. The grouj) of heifers on 
opposite page were sired by Sir Charming and four of 
them were in the calf herd which took fifth premium 
at Kansas City in 1900, a strong class competing. 




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33RD ELU OF ASHGROVE, 
MINNIE OF ASHGROVE 4TH. 



34TH ELW OF ASHGROJI 



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•LOUISIANA," THE FAMOUS HEN 

FOR which the owner refused $.500 00. ••I--i"t B''"^d ""f h^n/^'^^^! 
ffre.it World's Fair, owned, bred and exhibited ^J .Mrs. Delia Max 
wpf Favette Missouri; considered by judges and exhibitors to be 
one ottllebest hen's ever shown in America."^Inland Poultry Journal. 



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MR. HAMP WATTS' 
fatht-r met a strange 
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cupj**(i by Mr. (ieorge Car- 
son he owned a park of 
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h:iri f<nir buffalos. tive elk 
and filty (leer. One Hun- 
day morning, September 
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into his park and was at- 
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ed, while his carriage was 
standing at the door wait- 
ing for the family to go to 
church, .\tterthe tragedy 
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*\\ ALNLT HILL'* STOCK FARM 

HA.MP B. WATTS & SON. Proprietors 

Fayette. Missouri 



Mr. Watts and his son, Mr. William Watts, are breeders of high class Hereford cattle. 
Lord Krling 79452. shown on the opposite page, and Bean Gallant Ifi21.'»"2. are at the heart of 
their fine herd. This well kept farm adjoins the city limits and while it is a typical tonntry 
home wc feel as if it is a vital part of our f own. This is one of the large numberof fine coun- 
try residences uear-by Fayette which, while not within the city limits, is at the same time a 
very important part of the town. 
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HOME OF WM. L. HARRIS 

breeder of registered Shorthorn cattle. In the connection 
horns Mrs. Harris makes a superior quality of creamery 
United States cream separator. 

HISTORICAL: The house was built by John W. 
Henry in lh52 Kour years later the home was purchased 
by farr W. Pritchett,"Mr. John h wing acting as agent. 
Henry Smith Pritchett, President of the "Boson School of 
Technology" was born in this house in April, 18i7. The 
home is located one and one-half miles north of town. 
Carr W. Pritchett t night school while living here and walk- 
ed back and forth to town. This is now the hon.e of Mr. 
Wm L. Harris, breeder of registered Shorlhorn cattle. 



BUFF AND WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



Eggs from pens, J2.00 per fifteen. There are 
with the breeding of Short- four pens of Buff Rocks and one pen of White 

butter, using the improved Rocks. These pens contain a number of high 

scoring birds; some of them having won prizes 
the last three years at Central Missouri and State Poultry Shows As pullets 
some of the Buff Rocks have scored ninety-three and one-fourth at these shows. 
The pen of White Rocks score ninety-two and one-half to ninety-hve. White 
Rock cockerel, heading pen, scored ninety-hve by Judge Rhodes. Aside from 
their value as prize winners they are a fine all-purpose fowl, being good layers 
and raised on a farm, they have a large well-developed frame. Some pullets 
weigh eight pounds and some cockerels nine pounds by December hggs from 
farm stock, fifty cents per fifteen, MRS. WM. L. HAKRlb, 

Fayette, Missouri, Rviral Route No. 3. 









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HARRY McCVLLOUGH, Proprietor 




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SCENE oil Mr. Harry MeCulloiigh's "Sunny Hill" farm, showing a picture of his 
Swiss cow, "Muottita," when two years old. At one time Mr McCullough refused 
$1,0110.110 tor this cow; a few years later she was killed by lightening. 

161 



Pholn by MAJOR SURPRISE Wrighi 

foaled June 19, 1904, black jack with white points, sired by Blake- 
more's Independence, he by Old Hannibal; dam by R. G. Trible's 
Grigshy Kentucky Kurbon. Major Surprise is a high class jack <vith good 
bone and body, extra good head and ears, good style and action. 
Owned by " JAS. L. WEIGH T, 

Fayette, Missouri. 










THE HEREFORD TRIPLETS-'CAESAR.' ' CRASSUS' A^D 'POMPEV 

. The Hereford cow, "Mary W" o9ii(i5, owned by Hamp B. Watts & Son, is a very remarkable animal. She was calved, April 1 Ith, 1892, 
and IS now thirteen years olil and is the mother of thirteen livinK calves which have sold for the aKgresate sum of $3 ■>00.0(i. Her triplets shown 
in the picture, when they were ten mouths old weighed 2,58o pounds and sold for $63o.no, and now each one of them is at the head of a herd 



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INDEX OF PICTURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 

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124 
122 
102 

85 



Academy, The 

Advertiser, Tile Howard (-'ounty ... 

African Metliodi-^t 1 liurch ... 

Arcade, The, . I. H. Hut er 

Art l{oom. Section ()f, Howard-Payne „ 

Athletic Grounds, The Johnson 92 



Bagby, K. M 62 

Bank Building, The Old jg 

Band 8tand 47 

Baptist church .".'".." 76 

Barron, John & Son .. '. " . . 141 

Baskett,J s.,"Elin Ridge" 146 

87 

31 

33 

140 

108 

35 

90 

121 



119 



BasKet Ball feiuns 

Baziar, Kavette, I. Cohn ... 

Bell & Roehl, Shop 

Blackwell & stone. Cattle 
Blackwell, John D., Home of . 

Blakey, Dr. K. M 

Bond, Pr„f. R. T 

Boggs, J. L'arr 

■•Boon's Lick," The Famous. . 

Boonsboru, Street Scene in 

Briggs, Davi 1 J., Home of iiT 

Burgin, Rev. S. H. C 73 

Bnrnbani, John 134 



Carson, George, Home of ]|2 

Carpenter Shop of W. J. Megraw. . ',6 

Central College 89-93 

Centenary chap 1 "2 77 

Cemetery, The city .' ' 67 

Christian Church 70 

City Council, The 129 

City Meat Market, J. W. Tumy . 41 

Class 19)5, High School m 

Club Girl, The ' 95 

Cloud, A. B '' 35 

Coleman, Prof. J. P 79 

Corprcw, Dr. O. H. P '..'.'.'.' ...90.105 

Courth<mse, The Old 4g 

Country L.ine, The. . "].. 63 

Cooper. Rev. R. H., Home of ... ....... ]09 

Cooper Bros., Granitoid 132 

Cooper's Chapel " 77 

Cooper, K. P , sheriff 15 

Cottonwood, I'he Old .5.5 



I overed Bridge, The Old 
Crews, R. L., .Mayor 
Crystal Steam Laundry . 
Cupples Hall 



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% I Early Days, Home of the 

93 I I'^piscopal Church 

Ewing, John 



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Darby, .Major C, Potato Pitch 
Darby, Ira C . 
Davis, A. K., Home of 
Davis lustitute. The 



146 
59 

118 
95 




"UNCLE ALFRED" BROWN 

A Roosevelt Pet— the h'alher of Twenty-Seven 
Children. Former Slave of Senator Brown. 



Death Tree, The . 

Democrat-Leader The . 
r)enneny,J. B., Home of. 
Dimniitt, C. C & Co 
Downey, W. L., Home of 
Drinking Pond, The . 
Dudgeon, W. A 



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127 

. 106 

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... 101 

LSI 

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6 

75 
63 



Fayette: 

Stren Scene, on First Mai 

streft Scenes, Thirty Years Ago . 

Views of 

Fayette .Machine Shop 

Fayette Mill & .Mercantile Company 
I'erguson, Mrs. .M. W., Homeof 
First Hlossoni'i, The 

Fo.x Hounds, Dr. C H. Lee's... 

Furr, A. J, County Collector 



. 42 

. . 123 
.60-61 
17 
. . 34 
... 115 
. 118 
. . 54 
. . 15 



Givens, C. K 

Givens* I.,ake 

Golden Pheasant. Grigsby's . 

Grigsby. Views of Home 

Groves, Dr. Hiram D 

H 

Halley & Co., View of Store 
Harris, vVni. ., Farm of .. 
I laristoii. Judge John R 
Helser, Rev R. H 
Heiidrix, Bishop E R 
Hendn.x Propertv, The Old 
Herndiin Place, The Old 
Hiah S hiuil A«s.nibly Room 
Howard-Pavne College 
Howard, « iiiet. Home of 
Howard. T. F., Home of 
"Hunt'nglon Hall," I. H. Pearson 
Husher, "Uncle Henry," Home of . 



Indian Mounds 



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.lackson. Wade M , Farm of 
Jacobs, L. W , Home of 
Jail, Hoxvard < ■ountv 
Jones, Prof. R. H 



Keller's, \*iews of .Store 



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69 
69 
65 

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15 
70 
7! 
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111 
811 
88 
13 

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lOil 
311 
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La (.'ro'^se Lumber Co., Yards 
Leonard, Bishop AhicI 
Line, The Pilblle Sehool ... 
Lciel), H. & •*., View of Store 
Looney, J, H 



M 

Major, Sr., Sam, Old Uonie of 68 

Major, Jr., Sam, Horne of Ul7 

Mandolin Club, Il.-P. C 61 

Marshall, Mrs. J. D., Country Home of 136 

Mason, H. P 126 

.Maxwell, Mrs. Delia, Prize Hen 14S 

McCiilknigh, Harry, ".-^unnv Hill" - H" 

McQuittv, M. L :« 

Mil eral Wells, Bath House . 47 

Morris, Sam .59 

Mount Moriah Church ... 77 

Mver & Co., View of Store. . . 26 

M" K. &T. Depot il 

N 
New Century Block 19 

O 

"Oakwood," Home of \Vm. Leonard 116 

Opera House Block 41 

Owings, J. W., city Assessor 35 

P 

Perkins, J T., Home of 11.5 

Phillips, Prof. E. C 79 

"Pict ■resqueness" 69 

Plains, Coal and Wood Teams 39 

Post Office, View of 27 

Primary Dep, Public School 80 

Prvor, W. M., County Clerk . IS 

Public School 79—83 



Quartet, The Orpheum 



"Rest" 117 

"Retrospection" 78 

HobLson, Dr. L M 67 

Kobisi.il, .Mrs '^ . S., Buff Rocks 143 

Rock-Crusher, The City 3t' 

Rucker, E. W., Home of 114 

S 

Salt Kettle, An Old .. 98 

Saturday Aiternoon, Courthouse 14 




Ravine, The 
Reed, H. C 



SO-MEBOOVS DARLINU 



Science Hall, Central 92 

Science Hall, Entrance to. Central 91 

Science Hall, Section of, Howard-Payne.... 86 

Scott, Mrs. Eva, Building of o8 

Settle, J. L , Home of 108 

Shafroth, Hon. John K 49 

Shores, J. B., Home of 109 

Shores' Liverv Barn 37 

Sipple, Rev. B. D 73 

Smith, Prof. T. Berry 90, lO.'i 

1 5.1 



Smith, J. Solon, "Long View" 1.50 

.Snowy .Morning, A 11 
"Stapleton's Mill" ,12 

St. Joseph's I'atholic Church 77 

Stone Piers, The Olil 113 

Stone ( himney. Old Fashioned fi5 

.Stream Sha;iows on the .Moniteau 78 



Talbot. Bishop Elhelbert. 

Talbol & Hurckhurtl's Barn 

Taylor, Col .James, Country Home of. 
Telephone Office, Howard County . . 
Tindall, n rs. T. C, Home of 

Todd, chenault, "Ash Grove" 

■('Olson, Luther , 

Tompkins. Roy, and His New Wagon. 
Toonies & Thurman, View of Shop 
Triplets, Hanip Watts' 



.5.5,71 

21 

136 

40 

, 117 

38-39 

.. 58 

97 

31 

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Vandiver, Hon. W. D 49 

W 

Watts, Hamp B. "Walnut Hill" 144—45 

Watts, Benjamin, Grave of 144 

Watts, Dr. C. iV 53 

"Walnut Grove," Ruins of 119 

Walnut Logs, Ed. Brown 11 

Webb, Prof. Wm .\ 90 

Well. Old Fashioned 94 

While, Oscar .59, lai 

White, LB. 11.3, li5 

Whitesiae's Book Store, View of 29 

WildHood, The 12 

Williams, Col. R. P 110, 120 

Wingfield'a Park 42—44 

Withers, J F.. Home of 107 

World's I-'air Pen, Mason's 142 

Woods, Hon. John A 121 

Wright, Dr. f S 56, 104 

Wright, Jas. L., "Major Surpjise" 151 



Yeaman, M. B., Home of 



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